Thousands without power as N.S. hit by freezing rain, high winds
A weather system that’s bringing a messy mix of freezing rain and high winds to parts of Nova Scotia has knocked out power to thousands of homes and businesses.
Environment Canada has issued freezing rain, rain and wind warnings for parts of the eastern mainland and Cape Breton, and says there’s a risk roads will be slippery.
These areas will see rain this morning, changing to ice pellets and then snow, according to CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin.
At one point, more than 20,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity. Matt Drover, the storm lead with the utility, said many of the outages were in the Halifax and Windsor areas.
He anticipated more outages due to wind as the weather system moves east.
“Those high winds that we’ve been watching with the storm came through really quickly this morning,” he told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Halifax. “There’s a bit of freezing rain with those high winds.”
Earlier this week, more than 70,000 Nova Scotia Power customers lost their power during a wind and rain storm.
The midday ferry sailings between Digby, N.S., and Saint John are cancelled. Marine Atlantic has cancelled its sailings tonight between Port aux Basques, N.L., and North Sydney, N.S., as well as its 11:45 a.m. sailing today from Port aux Basques to North Sydney.
