Hurricane Kyle fizzles out over New Brunswick

Hurricane Kyle made landfall at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on the evening of Sept. 28 as a Category 1 storm, but was quickly downgraded to a post-tropical low and failed to cause any serious damage, reports the Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC).
The centre of the storm subsequently tracked north to Digby, Nova Scotia, across the Bay of Fundy to the Nova Scotia/New Brunswick border, and ultimately across Prince Edward Island, the CHC says.
Kyle’s maximum sustained winds at the time of landfall were 120 km-h. Those winds persisted for three to four hours, blowing down trees and causing power interruptions and cladding/roofing damage to buildings, the CHC adds.
Storm surge and heavy wave action caused some local flooding along the coast of Yarmouth and Shelburne counties. Rainfalls of 50 to 70 mm occurred over the western half of New Brunswick, while 20 to 40 mm generally fell over Nova Scotia and PEI during a short period of time, overwhelming some drainage basins.
The heaviest damage caused by Kyle in the Maritimes has been to electrical systems, reports Storm Wire. “Crews in Nova Scotia were reporting Monday morning that high winds and fallen trees were hindering the progress of restoring power in the province, where about 9,000 people were still without power,” it said.
The storm hasn’t had any impact on operations at the country’s largest oil refinery in Saint John, NB, Bloomberg.com reported.