After days of torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes, New England is about to face Hurricane Lee.
PORTLAND, Maine — New England harbors and fishing villages were being emptied of boats — and some were becoming ghost towns — as commercial fishermen and recreational boaters scrambled Friday to make final preparations for the arrival of Hurricane Lee, a storm threatening to bring tropical-storm-force winds across a swath hundreds of miles wide.
Davis & Tripp Marina and Boat Yard crews pull a sailboat named Hurricane from the waters of Padanaram Harbor in Dartmouth, Mass., Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023 in preparation for the possible arrival of Hurricane Lee. The Portland Fish Exchange auction house did not intend to close, said general manager Robert Vanmeter. He said fishermen who’d taken boats out of the water would lose a day at sea, but the next regularly scheduled auction on Monday would take place as planned.
Nonetheless, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was convening the incident response group, which meets only to discuss events with major implications for Canada. Consisting of Cabinet ministers and senior officials, it was previously convened over events including the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the record wildfire season this year.
“As we’ve seen in recent weeks, severe weather is not to be taken lightly. Flooding, wind damage, downed trees, tree limbs – all these things create real hazards and problems for people,” Healey said.
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