Earl loses tropical storm status after hitting Canada
One person dead as northeastern part of country left without power
Montreal : Earl lost its tropical storm status over Canada late Saturday, US government forecasters announced, but the storm still left one person dead and nearly one million people without power in northeastern Canada.
The storm also menaced the US East Coast but left it largely undamaged. "Earl is now post-tropical, and weakening is expected during the next 48 hours," the Miami-based National Hurricane Centre said.
Early yesterday, the centre of the storm was located 295km southwest of Mary's Harbour, in the Canadian region of Labrador, the NHC said.
It was packing sustained winds of 100km an hour and moving north-northeast at 74km an hour.
The centre of the storm made landfall in southern Nova Scotia shortly after 11am (1400 GMT) on Saturday, but the Canadian Hurricane Centre (CHC) later said its strength steadily fell as it buffeted the craggy coastline.
Although weakened, Earl still pounded Halifax, the region's largest city, with high winds and rain. By late afternoon, one man was killed after falling off his boat in Nova Scotia and some 210,000 homes and 940,000 people in the region were without power.
Greater Moncton International Airport cancelled all flights Saturday, and Halifax Stanfield International Airport was under partial operation.
