On the Eastern Canada braced for the worst of Tropical Storm Earl as New Englanders said goodbye to a heavy dose of wind and rain.The National Hurricane Center said the storm is “very near” Nova Scotia, about 40 miles south of Cape Sable.But a hurricane watch has been issued for a stretch of that province from Port Maitland to Point Tupper, and a tropical storm warning is in effect for the entire coast of Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, the Magdalen Islands and portions of New Brunswick.

The Tropical Storm Earl which is packing maximum winds of 70 mph and moving at 30 mph, is forcing the shutdown of campgrounds and and the cancellations of resort bookings in Nova Scotia.And one major event, the Wharf Rat Rally, a Canadian motorcycle rally in Digby, Nova Scotia, won’t be canceled, and organizers plan to wait out the storm, said Glenn Dunn, a spokesman for the rally.

The spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency Scott MacLeod said: “We had a very quiet night, we had a few road closures and minor power outages. Earlier, we had 1,800 customers statewide who lost power. Now it’s down to 700. We fully expect everyone’s power to be restored soon.”

Scott MacLeod also said:”We had some local road closures, very similar to when we get a good rain storm, we had a lot of time to prepare for this one, and everyone did.” The large swells from Earl will continue to affect the East Coast from New Jersey northward on Saturday, the weather agency said.The Hurricane center said:”These swells will likely cause dangerous surf conditions and rip currents”. Scott MacLeod said:
“We’re going to have good weather today, and we expect a lot of people going back to the beaches, residents and visitors need to remember that.”

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