After unleashing a deadly path of destruction in the Caribbean, Hurricane Melissa is putting a damper on Halloween plans for some parts of Eastern Canada.

The storm was churning strong winds and drenching the Maritimes with rain on Friday as it heads towards eastern Newfoundland.

By noon Atlantic time, the Category 1 hurricane was about 700 kilometres southeast of Halifax, heading in a northeasterly direction at 70 kilometres per hour. Earlier in the day, the storm was churning out winds reaching 139 km/h.

The hurricane was also feeding some of its moisture into the massive moisture laden low pressure system that brought significant rainfall to eastern Ontario and Quebec on Thursday.

Rainfall warnings were in effect for both provinces, as well as Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

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