Utility companies hard at work after windstorm knocks out service for thousands of customers
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Thousands of people living in Newfoundland and Labrador started the day without electricity, as Newfoundland Power dealt with widespread outages.
The entire island saw nasty weather on Monday, with heavy winds hitting coastal areas and causing damage to homes, buildings and important infrastructure.
Newfoundland Power says it suffered "widespread damage" from the storm, affecting its ability to restore power overnight.
As many as 24,000 Newfoundland Power customers were without power overnight, with that number reduced to around 10,000 by 6 a.m.
“That’s a lot for us, but we had our teams aligned and doing work throughout the night," said spokesperson Glenda Power shortly after 8 a.m.
“We continue to whittle away, but there’s plenty of work to be done today.”
Most of the areas still without power on Tuesday morning were on the Avalon Peninsula. Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro had a smaller number of outages in the central region.
Hydro was able to restore service to the Northern Peninsula after widespread outages beginning around noon on Monday.
Crews found a broken cross arm — a support structure at the top of a utility pole — as the cause for the outage, but were unable to repair it for several hours due to weather conditions.
Wind gusts reached speeds of 140 km/hr in St. John's, according to meteorologist Rodney Barney, with slightly higher numbers around Bonavista, Old Perlican, Cape Pine and Grates Cove.
Sagona Island — located in Fortune Bay — recorded a top gust of 165 km/hr, tying an all-time record.
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