![]() In coastal communities, waves will be “the really important” risk. Robichaud said flash flooding could become a concern as rain intensifies late Saturday, likely exceeding 20 mm per hour. ![]() She said all Nova Scotians should expect to lose power for anywhere from a few hours to several days. She pointed to opening emergency shelters early and having comfort centres ready with food, water and charging stations. The first thing we did was we took all the things that we weren’t prepared for with Hurricane Juan and we’ve made sure that we plugged all those holes and that we’re doing a better job.” “There’s a lot of similarities with Hurricane Juan. HRM emergency management chief Erica Fleck said her division would reassess the conditions on Saturday for the potential of mandatory evacuations.įleck said the municipality was using lessons from Juan to prepare for Dorian. The Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) told residents in Sambro, Peggy’s Cove and along the Eastern Shore to consider evacuating their homes ahead of the storm. Those are all things that we know happen when we get these kinds of conditions.”Ĭoastal communities should be prepared for storm surges and 7-metre high waves, according to the CHC. ![]() “What we should expect are things like uprooted trees, broken trees that may result in power outages. “This one is certainly going to be up there in terms of impacts,” he said, comparing it to Juan. Robichaud said Dorian’s destruction could rival that of Hurricane Juan: the 2003 storm that battered Halifax with 176 km/h winds and killed eight people during its run and aftermath. So, the worst conditions should happen overnight.” “The really strong winds will arrive with the centre of the storm in the evening to overnight hours. Tropical Storm Emily, July 30, 2017: Emily, which hit Florida, was the most recent tropical storm to make landfall in July.HALIFAX-If forecasts hold true, Atlantic Canada could be hit on Saturday with one of its biggest storms in recent years, and officials are urging some Halifax-area residents to voluntarily evacuate their homes.Īs of Friday afternoon, the Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) estimated that Hurricane Dorian would make landfall in Nova Scotia late Saturday, bringing winds of up to 150 km/h and as much as 150 mm of rain.Īfter pummeling parts of the Bahamas earlier this week as a Category 5 hurricane, Dorian made landfall over the state of North Carolina on Friday morning as a Category 1.īob Robichaud, a warning preparedness meteorologist with the CHC in Halifax, told reporters Friday that if the storm continued on the same track, Nova Scotia could expect “fairly nasty” weather to start Saturday afternoon. Hurricane Dolly, July 23, 2008: Dolly was a Category 1 and was the most recent to reach land along the Gulf Coast, in South Padre Island, Texas. Hurricane Arthur, July 3, 2014: The Category 2 hurricane hit North Carolina and was the most recent storm to reach the U.S. in July. It was the strongest hurricane to have made landfall in the U.S. in July. Hurricane Dennis, July 10, 2005: The Category 3 storm hit the western Florida panhandle. There have been a few notable July storms in recent years: More: How Tropical Storm Emily surprised Florida "The only thing that will give you a bit of a tip-off is if you have storms forming in the deeper tropics." "Storm activity in June and July has little correlation with what happens the rest of the way," Klotzbach said. The formation of storms in June and July doesn't indicate how active a hurricane season will be later in the summer, Klotzbach said. What's important is whether storms form in places such as the coast of Africa, he said. Storm brewing: Tropical depression forecast to form, could become 'dangerous' hurricane July hurricanes "do happen," Phil Klotzbach, a meteorologist at Colorado State University, told USA TODAY. "Typically they’re not major hurricanes."Ībout 8% of the Atlantic hurricane season's named storms from 1851 have occurred in July, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association's Hurricane Research Division. Of the 125 July tropical storms, 58 have been hurricanes and 26 have hit the United States. Though prime Atlantic hurricane season is August, September and October, July storms aren't unheard of - just look at a storm threatening to form along the Gulf Coast this week.
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