Restoration efforts continue
As of 9 a.m. Nova Scotia Power has got outages under 50,000.
There remain around 45,000 without power, with the largest concentration in the Windsor/Wolfville area.
“Crews have been working to safely restore power since the beginning of the storm through some very challenging winds,” said Matt Drover, NS Power Storm Lead. “We’ve had reports of those high winds uprooting trees, bringing trees and branches into power lines and breaking power poles,” said Drover.
Winds peaked at 112 km/hr in Cape Breton West – with gusts of 107 km/hr in the Annapolis Valley and the Northeast.
Many Nova Scotians start Monday without power
Thousands are waking up without lights or their coffee makers ready to brew.
Over 50,000 outages are being reported throughout our province with major blackouts in Kings, Colchester, Digby, Yarmouth, Annapolis and Pictou counties.
It’s the latest wind and rain storm to hit our province which delayed or cancelled many flights in and out of Halifax Stanfield.
According to the airports board, flights are now coming and going but best to check ahead to see if your flight is on time.
Winds were gusting up in the 100km/h range in many communities and power crews are working to get to the lines as it calms down.
Nova Scotia Power says they have crews positioned across the province to respond but must wait until conditions calms down or gusts are below 80km/h before getting crews up in buckets.
Cancellations, closures & delays
Confirm your flight status with your airline or by visiting their website.
Bay Ferries says trips between Digby and Saint John are cancelled and sailings on that route may also be disrupted December 19th.
As well, the Confederation Bridge has restricted certain classes of vehicles from crossing until further notice.
With files from Steve MacArthur and Kelli Rickard
