Storm Lee hit the western part of Canada’s Nova Scotia province yesterday (local time), flooding roads, uprooting trees and causing power outages for tens of thousands of people along Canada’s North Atlantic coast.

At least one person was reported dead yesterday due to the bad weather. According to local media, a driver died in the US state of Maine when a tree fell on his car.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said Lee was moving further north after making landfall yesterday on Long Island, a small island southwest of Halifax. The storm is expected to gradually weaken over the next two to three days. It brought strong winds and heavy rainfall while causing flooding in coastal parts of Maine and areas on the Atlantic coast of Canada.

In Nova Scotia, about 120,000 people were without power yesterday as strong winds uprooted trees and damaged power lines. In neighboring New Brunswick, nearly 20,000 people were without power.

“Crews managed to restore power to some customers (…) however conditions are worsening. In many cases, especially when the winds exceed 80 km/h, it is not safe for our crews to work,” said Matt Drover of the Nova Scotia Power Company yesterday. Wind gusts exceeded 100 km/h in western Nova Scotia and 90 km/h in Halifax, the province’s largest city, he said in a statement. Halifax Airport was closed to all aircraft.

In Maine, nearly 70,000 households were without power as of late last night, according to the website PowerOutages.us.

“The intensity of the storm is great,” said Paul Mason, head of the Nova Scotia Office of Emergency Management. “The storm surge is expected to be most intense in the afternoon and early evening.”