Nova Scotia digging out after historic snowfall
CBC
People in Nova Scotia are digging out after a historic multi-day snowfall slammed the province, with many schools across the province closed Monday and Cape Breton Regional Municipality under a local state of emergency.
Parts of Cape Breton Island had received more than 86 centimetres by Monday morning, prompting officials to ask residents to stay off the roads.
Cape Breton Regional Police Const. Gary Fraser said the force received more than 550 calls for service over the weekend, including 30 car accidents and "many many many stranded motorists and abandoned vehicles."
"So a lot of people didn't heed the warnings and stay off the roads," said Fraser, adding that road conditions were still "terrible" on Monday morning.
"Please be part of the solution, not the problem. Stay off the roads."
CBRM Mayor Amanda McDougall said the seven-day state of emergency gives the municipality the authority to control or prohibit travel and to authorize qualified persons to provide aid.
She said Monday will be a "telling day" in the cleanup effort, and she's worried about buildings that may have structural issues.
"There's so much snow on top of roofs that this could be potentially dangerous," said McDougall.
Guy Deveau, executive director of maintenance and operations with the provincial Department of Public Works, said crews are seeing "metres of snow" being blown around, and some equipment is breaking.
The situation is snowier and windier as you move east in the province, he said. The department is moving crews and equipment into eastern parts of the province Monday to ramp up snow removal.
Deveau said while the 100-series highways are technically passable, officials are recommending people stay home.
"We are having lots of challenges out there," he said, adding that some portions of the 100-series highways are down to one lane. "If we don't have units across them very frequently, they do fill in with snow."
RCMP closed Highway 102 north in Goffs on Monday morning after a tractor-trailer jackknifed across all lanes of the highway.
Fire crews were also busy battling a structure fire in Sydney on Monday morning, said Fraser.
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