The city expects to receive four inches of rain with wind speeds up to 30 miles per hour as the storm arrives late on Friday evening and lasts through Saturday evening, Mayor Wu said. “Fingers crossed that will remain the projection.” “At this time, we are expecting the worst of it to miss Boston, which is good news,” said Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston at a news conference on Thursday. Officials in Boston were hopeful after Lee turned “slightly east” on Thursday morning. By Saturday afternoon Lee’s center will be very near the western end of Nova Scotia. Forecasters warned that the growing size of the storm means hazards will extend well away from the center.įriday night and into Saturday, Lee was expected to move past Cape Cod as a large hurricane. The center said that its hurricane and tropical storm watches referred to conditions expected on Saturday.Ī tropical storm warning, meaning winds of 39 miles per hour or higher are expected within about 36 hours or less, was in place from Westport, on the South Shore of Massachusetts, and the islands of Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard through parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in Canada. The Canadian Hurricane Center also extended a hurricane watch on Friday for part of the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Mills of Maine declared a state of emergency on Thursday, and the White House ordered federal assistance to the state. Please visit the strongest threat of the storm expected in Nova Scotia, the hurricane watch was discontinued for Maine, but a tropical storm warning still remains in place. Her debut picture book, “Change Sings,” released September 2021 and her poetry collection “Call Us What We Carry” in December 2021, all debuting at #1 on New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestsellers lists. The special edition of her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was published in March 2021. Gorman was one of 5 Variety Power of Women honorees and cover star, as well one of 3 cover stars for Glamour's Women of the Year. She was Porter Magazine's July 2021 cover star and received The Artist Impact Award at the 2021 Backstage at the Geffen Awards. Gorman appeared on the cover of TIME magazine in February 2021 and was the first poet to grace the cover of Vogue in their May 2021 issue. Gorman’s groundbreaking performance of her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the 2021 presidential inauguration received international critical acclaim, inspiring millions of viewers with her message of hope, resilience and healing. In 2017, Gorman was appointed the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word – a program that supports Youth Poets Laureate in more than 60 cities, regions and states nationally.

After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles. Gorman’s activism and poetry have been featured on the “Today Show,” “PBS Kids,” and “CBS This Morning,” and in the New York Times, Vogue and Essence. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality and gender justice. Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S.

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