Hurricane Lee has claimed two lives in the US so far – a 51-year-old man killed by a falling tree branch in Maine on Saturday and a teenager who drowned in Florida earlier this week, according to reports.
The Maine resident was driving westbound along Route 1 near Prospect Street in Searsport when the body part struck his vehicle around 9 a.m. Saturday, Searsport Public Safety Director Brian Lunt told the Maine News Center.
When police arrived at the scene, they found a large branch had landed partially on the roof of the car, Lunt said.
Responders attempted to extricate the man, but their efforts were impeded by a power line that had also been taken down by the branch when it fell.
Central Maine Power shut off the power and crews were able to remove him from the vehicle, Lunt said.
A 51-year-old man died when a tree branch fell on his car while driving in Searsport, Maine on Saturday morning.AP
The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. His identity is being withheld pending family notification, officials said.
Authorities in Florida say they have found the body of a 15-year-old boy who went missing under rough waves after going into the water on Wednesday.
The Fernandina Beach Police Department told FoxWeather the teenager was with two other people when he fell from the raft. Two others were helped back to shore and taken to a local medical center as multiple agencies searched for the missing boy.
The group decided to go into the ocean despite the many signs and red flags warning of dangerous conditions.
Lee’s impact was felt up and down the East Coast as the storm turned north before making landfall Saturday.AP
“We have very dangerous currents as predicted by the weather service and feel the extreme conditions associated with Hurricane Lee and other storms in the Atlantic,” Ty Silcox, Fernandina Beach fire chief, told the outlet.
The post-tropical cyclone made its first official landfall on Long Island, Nova Scotia, with damaging 70 mph winds knocking out power for nearly 300,000 customers across the US and Canada without power, according to FoxWeather.
Some wind gusts still topped 90 miles per hour Saturday afternoon.
The storm caused dangerous wave conditions, such as large waves and rip currents, up and down the east coast.Getty Images
Conditions along the east coast began to deteriorate Friday night, with large waves and ocean currents in the Mid-Atlantic. The impact was felt from New Hampshire all the way into Canada by Saturday afternoon as the storm stretched nearly 400 miles.
Governors in Massachusetts and Maine both declared states of emergency ahead of the storm and activated National Guard members for emergency response.
The storm is forecast to hit the Bay of Fundy towards New Brunswick to make landfall again near the coastal city of St. John.
The latest death brings to 77 the total number of US deaths from events such as strong currents, high waves and rip currents this year, according to a NOAA database.
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