Hurricane Lee’s high winds, rains and waves are approaching New England and eastern Canada

Storm Lee to hit New England, Canada with wind, heavy rain, flooding

Millions of people remained under storm watches and warnings early Saturday.

Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

New England harbors and fishing villages are being emptied of boats as the region prepares for Hurricane Lee. The water-logged region is getting ready for tropical-storm-force wind gusts that will span an area more than 400 miles wide. That's concerning because the ground is saturated, and Maine is the nation's most heavily forested state, raising worries of widespread power outages. The storm remained a hurricane Friday afternoon with 80 mph win

Millions under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee bears down on New England and Canada

BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) -- Millions of people were under storm watches and warnings Saturday as Hurricane Lee churned toward shore, bearing down on New England and eastern Canada with heavy winds, high seas and rain.

Millions under storm watches and warnings as Hurricane Lee bears down on New England and Canada

By DAVID SHARP, ROBERT F. BUTAKY and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press BAR HARBOR, Maine (AP) — Millions of people were under storm watches and warnings Saturday as Hurricane Lee churned toward shore, bearing down on New England and eastern Canada with heavy winds, high seas and rain. Cruise ships found refuge at berths in Portland, Maine, while lobstermen in Bar Harbor and elsewhere pulled their costly traps from the water and hauled their boats…

Hurricane Lee targets New England and eastern Canada with wind, roiling seas and rain

BAR HARBOR, Maine — Fishermen removed lobster traps from the water and residents hauled hundreds of boats ashore — leaving some harbors looking like ghost towns — while utility workers from as far away as Tennessee began taking up positions Friday ahead of Hurricane Lee’s heavy winds, high seas and rain that's expected to span hundreds of miles of land and sea.

Hurricane Lee advances on New England and eastern Canada

Hurricane Lee is projected to be more than 400 miles wide with tropical-storm-force winds when it reaches land Saturday afternoon.