Hurricane Teddy Expected to Push Dangerous Storm Surge Toward Nova Scotia

A sailboat is moved into the yard after being pulled from the water at the Dartmouth Yacht Club in Dartmouth, N.S., on Sept. 21, 2020. Hurricane Teddy is expected to impact the Atlantic region starting mid-day Tuesday as a post-tropical storm, bringing rain, wind and high waves. Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press

HALIFAX—Residents of Halifax and Nova Scotia’s eastern shore were warned Tuesday to stay away from the coastline as hurricane Teddy churned its way toward Atlantic Canada, pushing a storm surge ahead of its swirling winds.

By early afternoon, the immense Category 2 hurricane—measuring about 1,000 kilometres across—was roughly 450 kilometres south of Nova Scotia, and it was picking up speed. Travelling northward at 45 kilometres per hour, the storm’s maximum sustained winds were clocked at 160 km/h.