Officials say a wildfire that forced thousands of resident from their homes in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia is now contained, while a second wildfire remains out of control.

On Thursday, the province of Nova Scotia kept up a yearly tradition by sending the city of Boston its official Christmas tree.

Hurricane Fiona has transformed into a post-tropical cyclone, but meteorologist warn it could still bring hurricane-strength wind, heavy rain and big waves to the Atlantic Canada region.

Sunwing Airlines will offer flights to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario and Winnipeg Manitoba.

Expect low rain chances for the next couple of days. We will only see a 20% chance of rain Tuesday in Orlando, with a high temperature of 85. Rain chances increase to 60% Friday through Sunday as more moisture works back in and we pinpoint sea breeze storms. Storm surge and rainfall are combining to bring more flooding along the Texas coast after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall ate Monday near Port O’Connor. Beta is forecast to move inland over southeastern Texas and then over Louisiana and Mississippi later this week.

Location 530 miles NNE of Halifax Nova Scotia Wind 50 mph Heading NNE at 32 mph Pressure 28.8 Coordinates 57.3W, 51.0NDiscussionAt 1100 PM AST (0300 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Teddy was located near latitude 51.0 North, longitude 57.3 West based on the Marble Mountain, Newfoundland, radar and surface observations along the west coast of Newfoundland. On the forecast track, the center of Teddy should move closer to the northwestern Newfoundland coast tonight and into the Labrador Sea on Thursday before merging with a larger extratropical low. By the Sea, Newfoundland (near the Cow Head Lighthouse) reported a barometric pressure of 979 mb (28.91 inches). SURF: Large swells generated by Teddy are affecting Bermuda, the Lesser Antilles, the Greater Antilles, the Bahamas, the east coast of the United States, and Atlantic Canada. WIND: Gusty winds are possible along the western coast of Newfoundland tonight.

ORLANDO, Fla. Halfway through the workweek and Wednesday will continue the hot day into a stormy afternoon trend Central Florida has been experiencing over the last few days. On Wednesday in Central Florida, its all about the heat before a few storms roll in late in the afternoon. Tuesdays record high was 99 set in 1924. On June 24, the record high is 100 degrees set in 1944. Central Florida actually has a surplus since the beginning of June with 4.56 inches of rain.

ORLANDO, Fla. Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic Ocean, becoming the fourth named storm of the season. The National Hurricane Center upgraded the storm from a subtropical depression Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. as it swirled toward Nova Scotia. The latest NHC advisory says the storm has maximum sustained winds around 45 mph with higher gusts as it spins off the northeast coast of the United States. It is not expected to impact Florida. The system is expected to become a post-tropical storm Wednesday, according to the NHC.

A week before Christmas, Ironbound, a 12-foot,4-inch great white shark, pinged at 7:25 a.m. Dec. 18 off the coast of Melbourne. Will the great white shark stay in Brevard waters through Christmas? The shark advocacy and research group notes Ironbound as its 53rd great white shark "spot-tagged" in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean. Last month, a 12-foot, 2-inch great white shark named Sydney pinged at 11:25 a.m. Nov. 13 off Canaveral National Seashore. He was the first great white shark tagged by Ocearch during its Nova Scotia expedition in fall 2019, according to the shark advocacy group.