HALIFAX, Canada (Reuters) - Earl has slowed to a tropical storm, with wind speeds of some 60 knots, or just below 70 mph, the Canadian Hurricane Center said on Saturday.
The storm, once a violent Category Four hurricane, had slowed to just above hurricane speeds when it made landfall over the Atlantic province of Nova Scotia earlier on Saturday. It then slowed.
(Writing by Janet Guttsman, Editing by Sandra Maler)
