2023-10-07 06:22:02
The remains of what was Tropical Storm Philippe were heading towards New England with the promise of more rain, gusts of wind and isolated power outages following hitting Bermuda with intense rainfall and winds.
The storm is expected to arrive later Saturday in eastern and southern Maine with gusts of up to 80 kilometers per hour (50 miles per hour), enough to cause power outages, and to dump between 2.5 and 10 centimeters (2.5 to 10 centimeters). between 1 and 4 inches) of rain over a broader area of a state whose lands are already saturated from previous downpours, said Anne Strauser, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Maine.
Eastern Maine and Atlantic Canada might suffer the impact of the meteor just three weeks following the passage of Tropical Storm Lee. The impact of Philippe, which is now a low pressure system, should be softer.
The National Weather Service in Gray, Maine, said it issued a storm surge advisory between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday for waves between 6 and 10 feet (1.8 to 3 meters) for coastal counties. of York, Cumberland, Sagadahoc, Lincoln, Knox and Waldo in the state, and for Rockingham County in New Hampshire.
Philippe made landfall in Barbuda on Monday night and dumped rain on the northeastern Caribbean, downing trees and power lines on several islands.
The storm lost some strength following hitting Bermuda on Friday and moving north into colder waters.
Elsewhere, Tropical Storm Lidia was passing through open waters in the Pacific on Friday night. According to a report from the National Hurricane Center, it was regarding 825 kilometers (515 miles) west-southwest of the Mexican city of Manzanillo and approximately 745 km (460 miles) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, with maximum sustained winds up to 110 km/h (70 mph).
Lidia was moving west at 6 mph (9 km/h) but is expected to turn northwest and north over the weekend. Swells will begin to be felt on the west coast of Mexico and in Baja California on Saturday, the Center added.
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