| Comments | Saint John NB, September 7, 2008. Tropical storm Hanna soaked already waterlogged communities in the Maritime provinces on September 7. By the time it reached Atlantic Canada, Hanna was downgraded to a Post-Tropical storm, but remained at gale strength throughout its track along the Fundy coast of Nova Scotia, through eastern Prince Edward Island, northern Cape Breton and southern Newfoundland. The storm produced 80 km/h wind gusts and heavy rain. Saint John was hard hit by 146 mm of rain. Dozens of roads in Saint John were flooded and closed, including parts of the Southern New Brunswick Railway. Scattered power outages were also reported in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. |