A State of Emergency was declared proactively in Maine as the state faces its worst hurricane threat in nearly 15 years.
, Hurricane Lee is located about 170 miles west of Bermuda and about 590 miles south of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
The NHC says Hurricane Lee is continuing to weaken but will remain a “large and dangerous hurricane” as it continues to spin off to the north. The heart of the hurricane was more than 700 miles away when the swimmer likely encountered a rip current and did not resurface while in the ocean along Northeast Florida.
Hurricane Lee is expected to bring strong, possibly damaging wind gusts to the coastal regions of New England along with massive surf and heavy rain starting on Friday. On the South Shore of Massachusetts, winds will be a bit stronger and could reach to between 40 and 50 mph on Saturday morning.
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