Tropical storm warnings were in effect for parts of Canada and a wide stretch of coastal New England that included about seven million people in Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire as Hurricane Lee moved north across the Atlantic Ocean early Friday,
Lee was still hundreds of miles away from New England early Friday as it produced tropical storm conditions in Bermuda. But conditions were forecast to deteriorate in the northeastern United States and Canada later in the day.
Government leaders across New England and Canada have issued alerts and warnings anticipating the arrival of a powerful hurricane this weekend, though a small shift east or west will could make a significant difference in how damaging the storm will ultimately be.
As of 8 a.m. on Friday, Lee was about 460miles south-southeast of Nantucket in Massachusetts. It had maximum sustained winds of 85 m.p.h., making it a…
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