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Storm Lee brought heavy winds, high seas and torrential rains to a large swath of New England and Maritime Canada, toppling trees, swamping coastlines, cutting power to tens of thousands and claiming one life in Searsport, Maine.

A 51-year-old Maine man died Saturday when a large tree limb fell on his vehicle on U.S. Highway 1 in Searsport amid strong wind gusts. It’s the first fatality attributed to Storm Lee.

High winds from storm Lee sent a large tree crashing through the windshield of a passenger van carrying six people in Moro Plantation, Maine, on Saturday. State police say John Yoder, 23, was driving a Ford Transit van south on Route 11 when he saw a large tree falling into the roadway. Yoder tried to stop the van but couldn’t…

A 51-year-old Maine man died Saturday when a large tree limb fell on his vehicle on U.S. Highway 1 in Searsport amid strong wind gusts. It’s the first fatality attributed to Storm Lee. Searsport police say they responded to Route 1 in the area of Prospect Street, just before 9 a.m. and found a large portion of a tree had…

Coastal communities faced the highest risk of seeing strong wings and outages from Lee, but that didn’t stop residents on the Cape from venturing out on the stormy day to get a look at all of the action, while surfers in Scituate were out taking advantage of the waves.

A man from Lee, New Hampshire, was reunited with his family Saturday evening after going missing hours earlier, said officials. Officials say John Graham, a 73-year-old resident of Lee who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease was reported missing by his family at 8 p.m. on Saturday, prompting Lee police, Durham police, State police and the NH Fish and Game department...