Power restored to many after storm blows through Maritimes
Power has been restored for many of the thousands in the Maritimes who were without electricity on Sunday morning after a messy storm system swept across the region.
Environment Canada has lifted all weather alerts for New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia. There were wind warnings across the region and a risk of storm surge in coastal areas.
Around 900 are without power in parts of New Brunswick, according to the provincial utility. The largest outage is affecting about 800 customers in the Oromocto area.
Nova Scotia Power’s outage map showed fewer than 400 customers were in the dark just before 10 a.m. on Sunday, compared to about 3,600 earlier in the morning.
Maritime Electric is reporting about 300 customers are without power in P.E.I.
Ferry cancellations
Bay Ferries has cancelled crossings from Digby and Saint John, N.B., on Sunday. The Saint John departure scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday is also cancelled.
Service is expected to resume with the 4 p.m. departure from Digby on Monday.
Marine Atlantic has also announced potential delays for Sunday crossings due to adverse weather conditions.
On Saturday, The sailing from North Sydney, N.S., at 11:15 p.m. and the sailing from Port aux Basques, N.L., at 11:30 p.m. were cancelled. Customers with reservations will be rescheduled to the first available crossing and sent a notification.
