A store in Chatham, Mass., boards up its windows in preparation for Hurricane Earl. Are you ready? (Steven Senne/AP Photo/Canadian Press)

As Hurricane Earl makes its way toward the Maritimes, people are bracing for the storm.

On Friday afternoon, tropical storm warnings were extended to all of mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, Îles-de-la-Madeleine and the Fundy coast of New Brunswick.

Though Earl has weakened to a Category 1 storm, intense winds could still cause damage.

"When you get hurricane-force wind gusts this time of year with the trees in full foliage, you will inevitably get not just branches breaking, but limbs and some trees would come down," Chris Fogarty, program manager of the Canadian Hurricane Centre, told CBC News early Friday.

Earl is expected to hit the Maritimes on Saturday somewhere between southwest Nova Scotia and New Brunswick's Bay of Fundy coast.

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What are you doing to prepare for Hurricane Earl? Have you stocked up on food, water and supplies? Are you planning to head to drier lands and wait for the storm to pass? Let us know what steps you're taking to brace for the arrival of Earl in the Maritimes.

For more information on what you should do to prepare, below is a list of emergency information resources:

Red Cross Canada
Twitter:
@redcrosscanada
@redcrosspei
@DanBedell (Director of Public Affairs, Atlantic Zone, Canadian Red Cross)
 
Canada Public Safety
Twitter:
@GetPrepared
 
Canadian Hurricane Centre
 
Environment Canada Public Weather Warnings
 
RCMP
Twitter:
@rcmpgrcpolice (National information)
@RCMPNS (Nova Scotia information)
 
The Weather Network
Twitter:
@weathernetwork
 
Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office
Twitter:
@nsemo
 
P.E.I. Office of Public Safety
Twitter:
@PEIPublicSafety
 
New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization
 
Newfoundland Fire and Emergency Services