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Hurricane Juan on track for Canada
« on: Sep 28th, 2003, 6:25pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Sunday, September 28, 2003 Posted: 5:39 PM EDT (2139 GMT)
 

 
Boat owners secure their craft at a marina in Halifax, Nova Scotia.  
 
Rain and wind warnings remained in effect for Nova Scotia and hurricane-force wind warnings continued for the waters surrounding the province, according to the center. The eye of the hurricane is expected to be near the coast of Nova Scotia by Sunday evening.  
 
At 5 p.m. EDT, Juan was still a Catagory 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph (160 kmh). Category 2 hurricanes have winds of at least 96 mph.  
 
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WEATHER/09/28/tropical.weather.ap/index.html   ....for rest of story
 
 

 
 
 
 
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Re: Hurricane Juan on track for Canada
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from cbc.ca
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2 deaths blamed on Hurricane Juan  
Last Updated Mon, 29 Sep 2003 6:29:46  
HALIFAX - Two people were killed and 300,000 residents were without power as Hurricane Juan smashed into Nova Scotia's most densely populated area early Monday.  
 
A state of emergency was declared in Halifax after the city received the brunt of the storm, which had been downgraded to a tropical storm. The storm roared through the city with top wind speeds hitting 143 km/h around 1 a.m.  
 
Residents of Halifax, considered non-essential workers, were urged to stay home.  
 
The province's power authority warned people to stay indoors because of the number of downed power lines that were possibly still live.  
 
A paramedic was killed when an uprooted tree crushed an ambulance near a hospital.  
 
Another person died in the town of Enfield, northeast of Halifax, when a tree fell on a vehicle.  
 
No one was badly injured when a small section of a four-storey residential complex in Dartmouth, N.S. caved in. A few people were trapped, but rescue workers got everyone out safely. Hundreds of residents, many of them seniors, were taken to a temporary shelter set up at a local hockey arena.  
 
 
 
 
Large sections of both cities lost power as the Category 1 storm, hit just before midnight local time.  
 
Hundreds of people living in low-lying areas around Nova Scotia's capital had moved to higher ground late Sunday, before the hurricane swirled ashore.  
 
Halifax's mayor declared the state of emergency at 9 p.m. ADT, so that officials could force people to leave residences if needed.  
 
 
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Authorities had been worried that Juan would strike at high tide, causing major flooding. But they said the brunt of the storm would not arrive until a few hours later – reducing the risk of a large coastal surge.  
 
Nova Scotians had been told to brace for up to 80 mm of rain, high winds, blackouts and some flooding.  
 
Wind and heavy rainfall warnings were issued across mainland Nova Scotia. Prince Edward Island and western and southern parts of New Brunswick were also expected to feel the effects of the storm.  
 
Just before 3 a.m., power went off in a section of Charlottetown. A provincial election is scheduled Monday in P.E.I.  
 
Juan's path shifted to the west earlier Sunday, leading forecasters to end wind and rain warnings for Cape Breton Island.  
 
People in the Halifax area were told to batten down anything loose and stay indoors.  
 
All flights in and out of the city were cancelled on the weekend until further notice. Passengers were advised to call their airline to find out when planes would be taking off and landing again.  
 
Juan was being compared to 1996's Hurricane Hortense, the first hurricane to make landfall in the province since Blanche in 1975. Hortense uprooted trees, knocked down power lines and blew out windows.  
 
Juan, the fifth hurricane of the Atlantic season, started brewing late Thursday afternoon. By Friday, it had forced the cancellation of all flights in and out of Bermuda.  
 
 
 
Written by CBC News Online staff  
 
 
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