Tropical Storm Earl picked up speed to 23 mph, now 219 miles from Boston, changing course slightly to the NW landfall of storm eye in Nova Scotia at Church Point

PEI landfall seems to be tracking for the Mt. Carmel to Cape Egmont area about 3 PM on Saturday. Most of PEI is predicted to receive heavy rainfall and winds of 96 km/h.

Hurricane Earl, tracking projected landfall Nova Scotia and PEI

On Long Island, Earl whipped up surf with 55 mile an hour winds that caused rip tides and some beach erosion at Montauk the easternmost part of the United States. Residents consider they got off easy with little damage.

Earl is weakened but could do damage on Cape Cod where boats and vacation homes line the Atlantic coast. Earl will be 60 miles off the coast of Cape Cod when it goes by.

Atlantic Canada is holding its breath, hoping to avoid any real damage.