Severe damage in Port aux Basques as high winds, snow, continue to slam N.L.

The effects of a low pressure system tearing through Newfoundland and Labrador are being felt across the province on Monday.

Port aux Basques is feeling the brunt, as the town's arena has been damaged.

Port aux Basques Mayor Mark Andrews told CBC News the roof of the Bruce II Sports Centre sustained damage earlier Monday afternoon. The arena houses a hockey rink, gym, bowling alley and a swimming pool.

"It's just disheartening. It's a real blow to the guts," Andrews said from North Sydney, N.S. — where he's stuck because Marine Atlantic ferry crossings have been cancelled.

"The facility is top notch, it's one of the best on the island, and to see this happen, it's really disheartening."

Andrews said the roof had been installed this summer after years of work and consultation.

The low pressure system will continue to bring snow and high winds Monday night and into Tuesday morning.

All of Newfoundland, along with parts of Labrador, are under orange or yellow weather warnings from Environment Canada.

All of eastern Newfoundland remains under a wind warning.

CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler said Monday afternoon winds are already gusting north of 100 km/h in some areas and wind speed will ramp up Monday night.

Across eastern Newfoundland, winds could gust as high as 140 km/h along the coast.

Winds are expected to peak between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. NT, Brauweiler said, and are expected to ease up over the course of Monday night and into Tuesday.

On the west coast and the Northern Peninsula, which remains under a yellow winter storm warning, winds gusting between 90 and 120 km/h will be paired with an additional five to 10 cm of snow.

"It's been snowing overnight into pretty much all day," St. Anthony Mayor Michelle Tucker told CBC News. "We had to take our equipment off the road at lunch time because it was blinding conditions."