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<h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Tropical storm Chris reaches hurricane status</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box"><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Possible threat to the Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador</em></strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Hurricane Chris</strong><span> </span>continues to track northeast at 37 kilometres per hour with sustained winds of 165 kilometres per hour and is due to make landfall on the Avalon Peninsula late Thursday night as a post-tropical depression.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Rainfall in the effected area is likely to amount to 50 to 70 millimetres with 80 to 100 kilometre per hour winds and large surf.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Environment Canada issued a Tropical Cyclone Information Statement earlier today and it is available on the RAC website at:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://wp.rac.ca/update-on-hurricane-chris/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://wp.rac.ca/update-on-hurricane-chris/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Operators are encouraged to monitor local repeaters, the IARU Center of Activity frequencies and if you are in the effected area, please provide updates to the Hurricane Watch Net.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Please also continue to monitor alerts issued by the Canadian Hurricane Centre and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Additional links:</strong></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Emergency Center of Activity Frequencies<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong><a href="https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/emergency-communications/emergency-communications-frequencies" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.iaru-r1.org/index.php/emergency-communications/emergency-communications-frequencies</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Canadian Hurricane Centre<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong><a href="https://www.canada.ca/%E2%80%A6/serv%E2%80%A6/hurricane-forecasts-facts.html" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.canada.ca/…/serv…/hurricane-forecasts-facts.html</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Hurricane Watch Net<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong><a href="https://hwn.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://hwn.org/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Stay tuned to the RAC website and to theirr social media sites for more information.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial">Twitter<span> </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ractweets" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://twitter.com/ractweets</a><span> </span>and Facebook<span> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/radioamateurscdn/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">https://www.facebook.com/radioamateurscdn/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><em style="box-sizing:border-box"><strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Doug Mercer, VO1DM CEC<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></strong></em><em style="box-sizing:border-box">RAC Vice-President and Community Services Officer<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></em><em style="box-sizing:border-box">Emergency Coordinator IARU Region 2<br style="box-sizing:border-box"></em><a href="http://www.rac.ca/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration:none;word-wrap:break-word">Radio Amateurs of Canada</a></p>

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