Friday, September 26, 2008

Storm expected to downgrade to post-tropical before making landfall on Sunday


The Maritimes are being warned to brace for a wet and windy weekend as tropical storm Kyle gains strength and slowly moves north.
Environment Canada issued special weather warnings on Friday for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island as the storm tracked northward at about 19 kilometres an hour.
Kyle's maximum sustained winds increased to about 95 km/h by early Friday in the Atlantic Ocean. It's about 715 kilometres southwest of Bermuda, where a tropical storm watch has been issued. The British territory is expected to receive about 75 millimetres of rain by the end of Saturday....