 By early on September 9 , the blocking pattern diminished as a broad mid- to upper @-@ level trough and associated cold front moved off the East Coast of the United States . As a result , Leslie accelerated north @-@ northeastward . Later that day , the storm passed about 130 miles ( 210 km ) east of Bermuda . After leaving the region of upwelled waters , Leslie began to re @-@ strengthen and became a hurricane again at 1200 UTC on September 10 . Early on the following day , the storm reached its minimum barometric pressure of 968 mbar ( 28 @.@ 6 inHg ) . However , a combination of cold SSTs , strong wind shear , and merging with a cold front caused the storm to become an extratropical cyclone at 0900 UTC on September 11 , while located about 85 miles ( 137 km ) south of St. Lawrence , Newfoundland . Leslie was operationally considered a tropical cyclone when it made landfall on the Burin Peninsula of Newfoundland . The remnants of Leslie moved rapidly across Newfoundland and re @-@ emerged into the Atlantic later on September 11 . At 0600 UTC on the following day , the remnants of Leslie merged with another extratropical low pressure area over the Labrador Sea . 
