Weakened post tropical storm Hanna passing through region Sunday

A significantly weakened post tropical storm Hanna is making its way through the region Sunday.

The western parts of the province, such as Digby Neck, the Annapolis Valley, Colchester and Cumberland counties, and western Cape Breton, are expected to be most impacted by the storm, which will make for a soggy day. Forecasts Sunday morning were calling for about 60 millimetres of rain and wind gusts of 70 kilometres an hour. For other parts of the province the forecasted rainfall was half that amount, or even less.

Environment Canada’s forecast Sunday morning for the Yarmouth region was periods of rain ending near noon, with a 40 per cent chance of showers of drizzle to follow, although there was a risk of a thundershower in the morning. The wind was said to be south 40 km/h gusting to 70, becoming west 30 gusting to 50 Sunday afternoon.

According to the Canadian Hurricane Centre, rainfall warnings are in effect for southern New Brunswick, P.E.I. and western and northern Nova Scotia. Rain, at times heavy, will also persist over southern Newfoundland Sunday night and Monday.

Hanna started out as a hurricane, reaching category 3 status. There are reports that around 500 people were killed when it passed through Haiti. As a tropical storm, it came ashore between North and South Carolina on Sunday, and drenched the Atlantic Coast of the United States before moving into Atlantic Canada.