Power outage affects tens of thousands Canadians as storm Lee makes exit

Xinhua
18 Sep 2023, 11:18 GMT+10

OTTAWA, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tens of thousands of people across the eastern Canadian province of Nova Scotia have been affected by power outages as post-tropical storm Lee made its exit, provincial agencies said on Sunday.

In its latest update, Nova Scotia Power, a provincial electric utility, said that at least 277,000 people were affected by power outages throughout the storm that began blowing through the region Friday evening.

"Amid challenging conditions Saturday, crews restored power to about 170,000 of them and we expect to get a significant amount more back on today (Sunday)," it said.

Massive winds impacted the province through Saturday with winds blowing over 90 kph in most areas of the province and over 125 kph in the metro area.

As storm Lee hit the province, limbs and branches fell onto power lines, and in some cases, whole trees were uprooted, the utility said.

Winds were still gusting up to 70 kph in some areas of mainland Nova Scotia on Sunday morning as the storm slowly moved out in a northeasterly direction and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, local media reported.

In New Brunswick, another Canadian province, more than 11,000 people were without power on Sunday morning, and more than 300 with Prince Edward Island's Maritime Electric were waiting for their power to be restored, said the reports.

Watch latest videos

News RELEASES

Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to Calgary Monitor.

More Information

13 ℃

Fair in Cop Upper

North America

Section

US plans hotline with China to prevent crisis in space

WASHINGTON D.C.: In an interview with Reuters this week, U.S. commander General Chance Saltzman said the United States Space Force ...

Trudeau promises to continue support to Ukraine

OTTAWA, Canada: During a joint news conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Canada's capital, Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Pakistan's Plan to Expel Illegal Afghan Migrants Alarms UN

Islamabad - Pakistan's caretaker Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani confirmed Thursday that his government has decided to force out all ...

Vivek Ramaswamy vows to end "birthright citizenship" for immigrants in US

Washington DC, [US], September 29 (ANI): Indian-American entrepreneur and Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reiterated a 2015 proposal by former ...

Education for reconciliation requires us to 'know where we are'

On a sunny morning in amiskwaciwâskahikan (Edmonton) last October, more than 100 university students, the two of us and other ...

Hearing over Olympic skater Kamila Valieva doping case suspended

(Photo credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) A hearing into the alleged doping by Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva that impacts ...

Canada

Section