A new church roof on Munday Pond Road was stripped off by winds from tropical storm Leslie. (CBC)
After leaving Bermuda waters later Sunday into Monday, Leslie headed north and increased forward speed to 40 mph before slamming ashore near Fortune on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland this morning as a 968mb, 70 mph tropical storm. Leslie pummeled Newfoundland with dangerous storm surge, flooding rains (mainly in the western side of the province) and hurricane-force winds (mostly over the Avalon Peninsula).
The Newfoundland and Labrador capital city of St John’s bore the brunt of Leslie, enduring 59 mph sustained winds and gusts as high as 82 mph which tore down trees, some powerlines, ripped roofing off buildings and cut power to several thousand. For about 4 hours this city, home to roughly 200,000 saw winds gust between 70-82 mph.
Courtesy of AccuWeather
The biggest rains from Leslie fell in heavier, torrential bands on the west side of the system, over already sodden Nova Scotia, enhanced by the frontal boundary.
The town of Tracadie in Nova Scotia tallied 4.56 inches of rain while Caribou Point fell not far behind with 4.42 inches of rain.
As for storm surge, a solid 3-6 foot overwash was reported at St Maty’s Bay and Placentia Bay on Newfoundland.
As for where Leslie is heading next, check out the below graphic.
Courtesy of The Weather Channel
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