Long Island has begun the clean up after Hurricane Lee battered parts of the East Coast this morning, as the now downgraded storm prepares to hit Canada. 

The storm had been downgraded from a hurricane to a post-tropical cyclone, and lashed New England this morning, bringing storm surge and torrential rains. 

After making landfall just below hurricane strength, the storm is to now turn northeast and move across Canada. 

The National Hurricane Center predicted hurricane-force winds extending more than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from Lee´s center with lesser but still dangerous tropical storm-force gusts up to 345 miles (555 kilometers) miles outward.

The storm skirted some of the most waterlogged areas of Massachusetts that experienced days torrential rain earlier this week.

Drone footage captured after the storm passed over Long Island shows the devastation caused, with fixtures missing from homes and roads blocked with water.