Waves and winds kick back up after Lee's landfall in Nova Scotia

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Extreme meteorologist Dr. Reed Timmer reported live from near Peggy's Cove on the evening of Sept. 16 as the storm's winds wrapped back around to push waves against the shore once again.

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00:00 We want to turn our attention now to Dr. Reed Timmer, who is on the ground and currently

00:05 in Nova Scotia.

00:06 And, Reed, what are you finding now?

00:08 Well, the winds are actually increasing here near Peggy's Cove right now, and the temperature

00:14 is starting to decrease dramatically.

00:17 There's a mid-level clear slot that's starting to move over the area here on the southern

00:21 coastline of Nova Scotia.

00:23 And we just passed low tide at about 4 p.m., and now it's starting to come back up.

00:28 And the next high tide is at about 10 p.m. tonight.

00:31 And so you can start to see the wave action is really starting to rocket.

00:35 You can see some of those rooster tails going up 40, 50 feet as they impact the rocks.

00:40 And the lighthouse here at Peggy's Cove is an area that's famous for its wave action,

00:45 and the road up to the lighthouse has actually been closed for safety reasons.

00:49 And this road right behind me, this was surged over at the high tide this morning.

00:54 So there are all kinds of rocks that went over the road, and they've been clearing these

00:57 out since during the day today.

00:59 There's a lot of big loaders out here, tractors that have been getting rid of those boulders.

01:04 But you can definitely start to see the onshore flow is pushing up those waves as they're

01:09 starting to approach high tide this evening.

01:11 Wouldn't be surprised if this road floods once again.

01:14 The big impact here in Nova Scotia has been the power outages with over 100,000 people

01:19 without power, and that includes the capital city of this province up in Halifax.

01:27 A lot of different storms over the years, including more easters.

01:30 How does this compare to that for this region of the country?

01:37 Well we've spoken to some locals that are in the area, and they say this is the worst

01:42 that they've seen in 50 years.

01:44 But this is an area that is no stranger to these hurricanes and hurricanes that will

01:48 transition to extra tropical cyclones.

01:50 Fiona happened about a year ago on September of 2022, and there was a lot of damage throughout

01:56 this area again.

01:58 The wind field will expand as they transition to an extra tropical cyclone, and that broadens

02:02 out the impacts, and basically the whole southern side of the island gets hammered.

02:07 But Hurricane Noel back in 2007 was incredibly significant here as well in terms of the wave

02:14 action with some of those photos out near the lighthouse showing those waves up over

02:18 100 feet.

02:19 But some of the locals here say this is the worst they've seen in decades.

02:24 Alright, Dr. Reid Timmer, extreme meteorologist there, thank you so much for joining us.

02:29 And again, lots more that he's dealing with there on Nova Scotia.

02:33 Want to point out the radar at this point in time, because Reid mentioned some of those

02:37 onshore winds coming back.

02:39 I'm not exactly certain where Reid was, but I think he's on the western end of Nova Scotia

02:44 there, near where this storm made its first landfall.

02:47 And you can see why we've had some of those challenges.

02:51 We've had those winds starting to wrap back around, so they're starting to face in towards

02:55 where Reid was standing, and that's where we're picking up that dominant wind flow and

02:59 why he's having some more challenges there, hearing anything that's going on.

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