As of 2 p.m. Monday, Nova Scotia’s electric utility is still dealing with about 18,000 outages, mainly along the South Shore
blew through the Maritimes over the weekend, knocking down trees and power lines.
“We had nearly 24 hours where the storm hovered over Nova Scotia with tropical-storm-force winds,” Drover said in an interview. “So the winds blew for a long period of time battering the trees throughout the province.” “In some cases they have to make repairs and put the lines back up in the air, and in some cases they have to replace poles – that’s been the biggest challenge,” Drover said.As of 2 p.m. Monday, the utility was still dealing with about 18,000 outages, mainly along Nova Scotia’s South Shore, in areas of the Annapolis Valley and Halifax. Parts around Truro, New Glasgow and Antigonish were affected as well.
N.B. Power spokesperson Dominique Couture said about 90,000 customers were affected at various times throughout the weekend, mainly because trees and branches fell on lines.
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