Environment Canada is advising swimmers and people in small boats to stay out of Atlantic coastal waters off Nova Scotia on Wednesday and Thursday while Hurricane Gert churns through the area. Hurricane Gert, currently west of Bermuda and packing winds of up to 120 kilometres per hour, is forecasted to move east toward Newfoundland and south of the Grand Banks. It won't make landfall along the Eastern Seaboard but the Atlantic coast will experience swells as Gert moves toward the North Atlantic. Those conditions will gradually diminish Thursday into Friday, from west to east, Environment Canada meteorologist Linda Libby said. "It is a very significant hazard even though the tropical system, in this case Hurricane Gert, is offshore."

Source: CBC News August 15, 2017 16:18 UTC