Hurricane Lee weakens to Category 2, could pose threat to New England
CBSN
Hurricane Lee, which became the season's first Category 5 storm last week, weakened to a Category 2 on Wednesday as it continued churning northward on a path that could reach New England this weekend. The National Hurricane Center has issued its first hurricane and tropical storm watches for portions of the northeast U.S. coast.
As of 5 p.m. EDT Wednesday, Lee had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph. It was centered about 380 miles south-southwest of Bermuda and was heading northwest at 10 mph.
A hurricane watch has been issued for portions of down-east Maine, from Stonington to the U.S.-Canada border. A tropical storm watch has been issued for a large area of coastal New England, from Watch Hill, Rhode Island to Stonington, Maine, including Block Island, Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
