Hurricane watches in effect as Lee heads toward New England and Atlantic Canada

Hurricane Lee continues to barrel toward the New England and Atlantic Canada coasts and could make landfall this weekend anywhere from the coast of Maine to Nova Scotia.

A hurricane watch was in effect Wednesday night from Stonington, Maine, up to the U.S. border with Canada, as well as parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, the National Hurricane Center said in its 11 p.m. advisory.