'Old-fashioned winter': Holiday storms bury parts of N.L.
Posted on: Nov 24, 2025 23:08 IST | Posted by: Cbc
The endure few years feature been a overwinter wonderland for people crossways Newfoundland and Labrador.
Up to 99 cm of snow (or more than three feet of the white stuff) is estimated to have fallen in the Green Bay-White Bay area since Christmas night, said Justin Boudreau, meteorologist with Environment Canada.
In the community of La Scie, many people spent Sunday morning digging out.
"Pretty much everything is buried," said Hunter Burton, a councillor in La Scie.
Deputy mayor Cassandra Butt said La Scie's only gas station ran out of fuel—as did another one about 45 minutes away. But, she says, neighbours have been helping each other get by.
"It's been a long time since we've seen snow piles this high in this town," Butt said.
"Everywhere you go people are calling it a very old-fashioned winter."
In western Newfoundland, an estimated 30 to 50 cm of snow came down in total — with as much as 100 cm in unpopulated higher terrain.
There are still blowing snow advisories for the Nain area as of Sunday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Avalon and parts of central Newfoundland were under new freezing rain warnings.
Hundreds of people in central Newfoundland woke up to no power Sunday morning. NL Hydro and Newfoundland Power crews have been working on outages as they happen, but continuing poor conditions have delayed restoration in some areas.
Winter storms also made many roads impassable, closing large sections of highway on the Northern Peninsula and Labrador earlier Sunday.
On the Northern Peninsula, Route 410 is closed from near Port Saunders to Plum Point.
In Labrador, Route 516 to Cartwright was closed Saturday morning, along with parts of Route 510. Those roads have since re-opened.
Travel was not recommended on parts of the west coast and central Newfoundland.
Boudreau says a warmer period is on the way this week, but more snow could be possible.
However, he said, "it's probably the last major snowstorm of this year."
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