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Weaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape Cod – Reuters
– news.google.ca
ReutersWeaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape CodReutersBOSTON (Reuters) – A weakened but fast-moving Hurricane Arthur swept into southern New England on Friday night, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage. The Massachusetts summer …US coast survives Arthur as storm skirts Eastern SeaboardVancouver SunDon't rain on our parade! Millions refuse to let Hurricane Arthur dampen Fourth …Daily MailOuter Banks Mops Up and Counts Storm's CostNew York TimesMSNBCall 6,354 news articles »
HALIFAX – Forecasters say hurricane Arthur will make landfall in southwestern Nova Scotia on Saturday morning packing near-hurricane strength gusts and bringing torrential rainfall as it moves across the Maritimes.
“We want people to pay attention,” said Chris Fogarty, the manager of the Halifax-based Canadian Hurricane Centre. “There are going to be some impacts from this (storm).”
Arthur resulted in the cancellation of some Independence Day celebrations along the East Coast of the United States and an exodus of residents from North Carolina’s Outer Banks Island as the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season swept northwards.
Fogarty told a briefing on Friday afternoon that Arthur was poised to track through Nova Scotia at a time of year when few people expect such an intense storm.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and southern and eastern New Brunswick on Friday afternoon.
Fogarty said the storm is forecast to create gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour — enough to bring down some trees and cause power outages — in both Nova Scotia and eastern P…
“We want people to pay attention,” said Chris Fogarty, the manager of the Halifax-based Canadian Hurricane Centre. “There are going to be some impacts from this (storm).”
Arthur resulted in the cancellation of some Independence Day celebrations along the East Coast of the United States and an exodus of residents from North Carolina’s Outer Banks Island as the first named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season swept northwards.
Fogarty told a briefing on Friday afternoon that Arthur was poised to track through Nova Scotia at a time of year when few people expect such an intense storm.
Tropical storm warnings were in effect for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and southern and eastern New Brunswick on Friday afternoon.
Fogarty said the storm is forecast to create gusts of up to 100 kilometres an hour — enough to bring down some trees and cause power outages — in both Nova Scotia and eastern P…
Weaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape Cod – Reuters
– news.google.ca
ReutersWeaker Hurricane Arthur takes aim at Nantucket, Cape CodReutersBOSTON (Reuters) – A weakened but fast-moving Hurricane Arthur swept into southern New England on Friday night, wielding tropical storm-force winds, after an earlier landfall in North Carolina that caused only slight damage. The Massachusetts summer …US coast survives Arthur as storm skirts Eastern SeaboardVancouver SunDon't rain on our parade! Millions refuse to let Hurricane Arthur dampen Fourth …Daily MailOuter Banks Mops Up and Counts Storm's CostNew York TimesMSNBCall 6,354 news articles »
Bank's mortgage life insurance has flaws: Roseman
– thestar.com
Banks put pressure on mortgage borrowers to take their life insurance. But they don’t explain the consequences of answering questions quickly.
