Post tropical storm Lee is heading towards St. Pierre Miquelon this morning.

The storm came ashore at Yarmouth Nova Scotia around 4pm Saturday and then rolled through New Brunswick last night.

While the worst appears to be over Environment Canada still has Tropical Storm Warnings in effect for Kings County, Prince Edward Island, the Magdalen Islands, and Antigonish County, Cape Breton Island, Guysborough County, and Halifax County – East of Porters Lake in Nova Scotia.

Tropical Storm Warnings have been ended during this update for Queens County, Prince Edward Island, and Pictou County and Halifax Metro – Halifax County West in Nova Scotia. Lee will leave western Prince Edward Island early this morning and being it’s northeastward acceleration across the Gulf of St. Lawrence, passing west of the Magdalen Islands mid-morning and reaching northern Newfoundland this evening. The strongest winds are southeast of the system where gusts around 90 km/h are still being reported along the eastern shore of Nova Scotia.

Lee is continuing to weaken and conditions in most areas to the south and east of the storm will improve through the morning. Bands of heavy rain continue to affect most of New Brunswick, Gaspesie, and Anticosti Island and will move into the Lower Quebec North Shore today.

Over 100 mm has been reported at Grand Manan Island and Gaspe. Widespread amounts of 60 to 100 mm were reported near and to the west of Lee’s track as it passed through the Maritimes Saturday and Saturday night.

For the latest updates from New Brunswick agencies please click this link.

Power Update

New Brunswick power as of 7am is reporting just over 12 thousand customers are without power. Most of those are in the Fredericton region.

Saint John Energy is not reporting any outages at this time.

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Travel Update

The airport in Moncton is showing three flights this morning have been canceled.

Meanwhile, the website for the airport in Saint John is showing no delays or cancellations but you are advised to check before heading to the airport.

To check the status of flights in and out of Saint John Airport click this link.

To check the status of flights in and out of Romeo Leblanc International Airport in Moncton click this link.Here are a few examples of some of the damage caused by Lee in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

The storm surge was particularly bad along the coastal area of Nova Scotia as the waves threw rocks and stones on to highways and roads along the shoreline.