Kyle was upgraded to a hurricane late this afternoon as the storm spins northward in the open Atlantic east of Cape Hatteras. Hurricane Kyle is expected to reach the Maine/New Brunswick/Nova Scotia coast late Sunday night or early Monday morning. The storm will strike the area on the 5th anniversary of deadly hurricane Juan. Kyle is expected to be a strong tropical storm at landfall, capable of producing 120km/h winds and over 100mm of rain in the area of southwestern Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and down east Maine. On his present track, Kyle may brush Cape Cod, then Yarmouth, NS before moving inland near Black Harbor, NB.
At this hour a tropical storm warning and hurricane watch have been posted for coastal areas of eastern Maine, Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick. A heavy rain warning and high wind warning are in effect for inland regions all the way north to the Gaspe region. A drenching rain has preceded Kyle with reports of 2-4 inches in areas from New York City to Halifax. High surf will affect the coast from Cape Cod to eastern Nova Scotia. Flooding has already been reported in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Tropical moisture has pushed clouds and showers well inland all the way to Quebec and extreme eastern Ontario.
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