Arthur hits eastern Canada, causes power outages
A A AP Tropical storm Arthur hit Canada’s maritime provinces with near-hurricane strength winds and torrential rains, knocking down trees and leaving tens of thousands of people without power
Canadian urricane Center spokesman Chris ogarty said that winds were easing, but more rainfall is predicted for already drenched southwestern ew Brunswick
n redericton, ew Brunswick, Mike Gange said the buffeting winds tore down a maple tree in his front yard, damaging roof tiles and a rain gutter as it fell e said that as he drove around the ew Brunswick provincial capital, he saw about homes with big trees knocked down
Gange said he has not seen weather this severe in his years in redericton
t’s like a Tasmanian devil ripping through your backyard, he said t’s crazy here at times it rains so hard you can’t see feet in front of you
Arthur was downgraded from a hurricane to a posttropical storm aturday morning by the time it reached Atlantic Canada
A day earlier it swiped at orth Carolina’s uter Banks, where some vacationers were already back on beaches aturday despite warnings that the water remained dangerous
nvironment Canada measured wind gusts topping kph in the alifa area, while more than five inches of rain had already fallen in some areas of ew Brunswick