Remnants Of Dorian Head For New England

September 7, 2019 4:21 am

WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – Hurricane Dorian is producing tropical storm-force winds in southeastern Massachusetts as it speeds toward eastern Canada. The Category 1 storm was around 170 miles southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts, early Saturday, and around 490 milesĀ  southwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Top sustained winds remain at 90 mph with higher gusts. While some weakening is forecast, Dorian is expected to bring hurricane conditions to portions of Nova Scotia later Saturday before becoming a powerful post-tropical cyclone. The storm is moving northeast near 25 mph and some increase in forward speed is expected through Sunday. The tropical-storm conditions affecting parts of Massachusetts are expected to spread into Maine by Saturday afternoon.