Nova Scotia's shores hammered by Lee's storm surge
Storm chaser Dr. Reed Timmer was in Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, where Lee's high winds and storm surge hammered the coast on Sept. 16, forming foamy water along the shores.
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00:00 Strong winds from post-tropical cyclone Lee continue here on Cape Sable Island,
00:05 and you can see a lot of the evidence from the storm surge as well.
00:08 We have big suns that are flying by from the surf,
00:11 and the winds have been gradually shifting from initially a southeasterly direction to due southerly,
00:17 to now more of a southwesterly direction as the center of the cyclone is approaching.
00:22 And the strong onshore winds are going to persist through multiple high tide cycles,
00:27 and so we expect the coastal flooding conditions to continue, and the occasional storm surge as well.
00:33 Winds have passed at over 70 miles an hour at times earlier near Bacaro Point,
00:38 and here they're definitely sustained above 50 miles an hour.
00:42 So as this hurricane underwent an extra-tropical transition, the wind field dramatically expanded,
00:48 and that's bringing the storm surge throughout the southern coastline of Nova Scotia,
00:53 all the way to Peggy's Cove on the southwest side of Halifax.
00:57 So big-time winds continue out here, continue to hammer the southwest side of Nova Scotia
01:03 as post-tropical cyclone Lee is approaching.
01:06 (wind blowing)