It is reported, more than 9,000 Canadian customers in Nova Scotia Power are without electricity
Sunday morning after a night of high wind and heavy rain.
Several roads are
closed in New Brunswick due to flooding.
A total of 9,082
customers are out as of 8:39 a.m. Estimated restoration times range from 11:30
a.m. in the Halifax area to 4 p.m. in the New Glasgow area.
High winds and heavy
rain are being blamed for all of the outages. A utility pole caught fire in the
Burnside Industrial Park, resulting in Isley Avenue being closed. Fewer than 100 people are without power in New Brunswick. Saint John has seen flooding and the city has closed Rothsay Avenue, Paradise Row, Simpson Drive and Fairville Boulevard.
Four men were rescued
in the city's Partridge Island. The men had walked over the breakwater to the
island, but got stuck when the weather worsened. Fire crews got them off the island and they were treated for hypothermia.
The community of
Riverside Albert, just south of Moncton, is under a boil water order
Sunday morning because heavy rains overwhelmed the water-treatment systems.
The order affects about 350 people and could last until mid-week.
Source: CBC
The order affects about 350 people and could last until mid-week.
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