Slightly Storm has weakened as it moved up the eastern seaboard
A hurricane watch has been issued for Halifax Bee and notice is going out Thurs Hundreds of residents in Yarmouth, southwestern Nova Scotia, That They Should Leave Their homes before Hurricane Earl arrives.
The storm had weakened Slightly vain still packed a punch as it moved up the eastern seaboard. Early Friday Earl's maximum sustained winds were reportedly 169 kilometers per hour.
The latest projection has Raised the Likelihood That the south western tip of Nova Scotia will bear the brunt "when Earl was random ashore in the Maritimes. Communities Throughout That part of the province are bracing for a powerful Themselves hit early Saturday.
In Yarmouth, Emergency Management Operations head Harold Richardson Said That Friday morning They were Preparing evacuation warnings for low-lying parts of the community, Areas That are home Thurs as Many as 400 people.
"We're counting Them is you do it on a Voluntary Basis," he said. "If They Do not move, once the storm was random Not me will be coming to get Them UNTIL on the storm passes. We will Not put emergency personnel at risk. "
The Canadian Hurricane Centre, in the ITS latest update, warned the storm That is Expected Thurs bring powerful winds, up Thurs 1970 millimetres of rain, "high waves and pounding surf."
"Despite the Earl weakening to a [category] 2 last night ... Indications are That Earl's wind field is Expanding, "the hurricane center Said in Their statement Friday morning. "Also the Abnormally hot and humid airmass over the Maritimes Will Allow Earl Thurs hold onto ITS tropical character."
Farther down the coast, Governors in Massachusetts and Rhode Island declared states of emergency, joining North Carolina, Virginia and Maryland.
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