Kyle batters Nova Scotia, loses hurricane strength
MIAMI, Florida (CNN) — Hurricane Kyle battered the shores of Canadian province Nova Scotia on Sunday evening before weakening and losing tropical characteristics, forecasters said.
Though Kyle was no longer considered a tropical cyclone by 11 p.m. AT, it still was producing maximum sustained winds near 70 mph (112 kph) — at tropical-storm strength, the National Hurricane Center said.
Its center at 11 p.m. AT was about 60 miles (96 kilometers) south of Saint John, New Brunswick, moving north. Kyle’s remnants were expected to pass over New Brunswick overnight, the hurricane center said.
Three hours earlier, Kyle was a Category 1 hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), just off Nova Scotia’s western tip.
Kyle’s center spared Maine, but with tropical-storm force winds of more than 39 mph (62 kph) extending across the Bay of Fundy, part of the state was under a tropical storm warning in the evening. That warning expired at 11 p.m. AT.
Maine’s coast was hit by heavy rain for the third straight day, causing some road flooding, according to The Associated Press.
Kyle at one time was forecast to hit Maine more forcefully.
This was a run-of-the-mill storm. It had the potential to be a real problem and it all sort of went away. That shift to the east did wonders for Maine, Michael Hinerman, director of the Washington County Emergency Management Agency, told the AP.
