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Hurricane Lee expected

To make landfall in South Western Nova Scotia Canada Saturday afternoon. I live in Halifax NS on the Eastern Shore so hopefully not too much impact on us. I'm prepared just in case.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
A true hurricane? That far North? I thought they are sub-tropical storms. I hope you all come through it without serious damage, anyway.
Starmaiden · 56-60, F
@ArishMell A true hurricane. They may decrease a bit in strength before they get to us but we do get them and the destruction is very real.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Starmaiden I see. Thank you.

I admit to being surprised because I live on much the same latitude but on the opposite side of the Atlantic, and though the Northern French coasts, British Isles and Scandinavia have severe storms occasionally, we never have hurricanes. Though of course things could change...

Oddly, England and Holland have more tornadoes than anyone else. but almost all are too small, weak and short-lived to do any damage.
Starmaiden · 56-60, F
@ArishMell Hurricanes form just off of Africa and move westward across the Atlantic. Most times they make landfall in Florida or the Carolina States but sometimes they turn a slight arc and move northward toward Atlantic Canada, much like what Lee has done.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@Starmaiden Thank you for explaining it. Most of the worst seem to stay in the sub-tropics and lose power as they come over land, but I didn't know they could travel that far North.