10,000 homes without power as wet weather continues across Nova Scotia
CBC
Approximately 10,000 homes are without power this morning in scattered outages across the province.
As of 8:15 a.m. Tuesday, the largest outages were in areas near northern Cape Breton, West Bay, Eskasoni, Sheet Harbour, Kennetcook and Barneys River, according to the Nova Scotia Power website.
The utility said it could be 11 p.m. before service is restored in some areas.
Some schools were closed Tuesday morning, including all schools in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education and the Strait Regional Centre for Education. For a full list of school cancellations, please visit CBC's Storm Centre.
The storm is now moving across Cape Breton and P.E.I., then on to Newfoundland.
CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin said another 10 to 20 millimetres of rain is expected for mainland Nova Scotia today, except Pictou and Guysborough counties, which will see 30 to 50 millimetres. Cape Breton could see another 50 to 70 millimetres of rain today.
Gusty winds are also expected out of the southeast up to 80 km/h with the possibility of gusts up to 100 km/h along the coast.
Environment Canada still had most of the province under rainfall warnings Tuesday morning with rain tapering off from west to east. Wind warnings also remained in place for southeastern Nova Scotia counties, including all of Cape Breton.
Simpkin said flurries could mix with rain later in the day as temperatures drop.
Most flights are on time at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, with a few cancellations. Flights are operating as scheduled at J.A. Douglas McCurdy Sydney Airport.
Marine Atlantic has cancelled today's crossings to and from Newfoundland.
Northumberland Ferries will resume service between P.E.I. and Nova Scotia at 9:30 a.m., and the Confederation Bridge is open to all traffic this morning.
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