A 51-year-old motorist died after heavy winds caused a tree limb to crash onto his vehicle.
made landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, on Saturday with sustained winds of 70 mph.
Powerful winds from Lee—once a hurricane but now a post-tropical cyclone—resulted in tree falls in coastal Maine, one of which killed a motorist when a limb fell on his vehicle.with 165-mile-per-hour winds as it made its way toward North America. However, the storm weakened to the level of a post-tropical storm by the time it reached Nova Scotia, though winds were still similar to that of a Category 1 hurricane.
Waves crash ashore from Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Lubec, Maine. The storm resulted in one person's death on Saturday and knocked out power for hundreds of thousands of people.Authorities in Searsport, Maine, reported that heavy winds on Saturday caused a large tree limb to fall on a vehicle on U.S. Highway 1. Power lines were also knocked down by the limb, necessitating power to be cut before the motorist in the vehicle could be removed.
The 51-year-old motorist later died at a hospital. His identity hasn't been announced as of press time. The man's death is believed to be the second fatality related to Lee. Authorities in Fernandina Beach, Florida, said they believed they found the body of a missing 15-year-old boy who had gone out swimming on Wednesday along Northeast Florida's coast. Agencies had warned about rough surf conditions in the area from the then-Hurricane Lee.
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