High winds knock out power for tens of thousands in Nova Scotia
Posted on: Dec 20, 2025 05:42 IST | Posted by: Cbc
Tens of thousands of Nova Scotia force customers ar without force sat after heights winds and rain hit the province overnight.
The utility said in a statement that as of 8 a.m. Saturday, about 186,000 customers had lost power in total, but more than 90,000 had been restored.
As of 10 a.m., Nova Scotia Power's outage map shows roughly 74,000 customers still without power.
Estimated restoration times range from 2 p.m. To 11 p.m.
High winds cancelled and delayed some flights out of Halifax Stanfield International Airport and ferry sailings between North Sydney and Newfoundland have been cancelled for the day.
Nova Scotia Power says its emergency operations centre was activated Friday ahead of the stormy weather.
According to the utility, more than 600 people are in the field working to restore power "safely and quick as possible."
"Our crews have been working through some challenging conditions with high wind bringing trees and branches into power lines, broken poles and at times, poor visibility,” Pam Scully-Poirier, Nova Scotia Power’s Storm Lead, said in the utility's statement.
The statement goes on to say the utility will be using a helicopter to patrol power lines in different parts of the province to search for damage.
Peak wind gusts were in the 100 to 120 km/h range in exposed areas. The top recorded wind gust for Nova Scotia was 127 km/h in Monastery, in Antigonish county.
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