Tens of thousands of people in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were without power Sunday after the remnants of Hurricane Noel battered Atlantic Canada with high winds and driving rain.
In Nova Scotia, which was hit hardest, as many as 170,000 homes and businesses lost electricity overnight. Shortly before noon AT, that number had dropped to 130,000.
NB Power reported outages for about 7,000 customers early Sunday, but by late morning, the number was down to around 5,000. In Prince Edward Island, about 10,000 people remained without power at that time, mostly in the eastern half of the province.
Nova Scotia Power said crews from Hydro-Québec were expected to arrive on Sunday, but it could still take a couple of days to restore power to everyone.
The winds were at their strongest late Saturday and into early Sunday as the storm hit the southwest shore of Nova Scotia, before passing over New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Pounding rain and hurricane-force winds gusting to 130 kilometres per hour continued overnight across the Maritimes. To the north, gusts of 145 km/h were reported at Wreckhouse in southwestern Newfoundland early Sunday.
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In Nova Scotia, which was hit hardest, as many as 170,000 homes and businesses lost electricity overnight. Shortly before noon AT, that number had dropped to 130,000.
NB Power reported outages for about 7,000 customers early Sunday, but by late morning, the number was down to around 5,000. In Prince Edward Island, about 10,000 people remained without power at that time, mostly in the eastern half of the province.
Nova Scotia Power said crews from Hydro-Québec were expected to arrive on Sunday, but it could still take a couple of days to restore power to everyone.
The winds were at their strongest late Saturday and into early Sunday as the storm hit the southwest shore of Nova Scotia, before passing over New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Pounding rain and hurricane-force winds gusting to 130 kilometres per hour continued overnight across the Maritimes. To the north, gusts of 145 km/h were reported at Wreckhouse in southwestern Newfoundland early Sunday.
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