The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. September 14, 2023 New England and Eastern Canada Brace For Hurricane Lee ------------------------------------------------------ Hurricane and tropical storm watches have been issued for much of coastal New England and eastern Canada ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Lee this weekend. The storm is now a Category 2 hurricane and is expected to widen as it crashes into eastern Maine, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia on Saturday, bringing damaging winds and a storm surge that will coincide with spring tides. .