Winter storm grazes N.S. with high winds, snow and rain
Posted Dec 10, 2009 07:09:08 AM.
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A massive storm system blamed for at least 16 deaths in the U.S. let the Maritimes off easy.
The storm has been battering the U.S. midwest and New England states, with hundreds of schools closed and thousands of people without power.
Most of the deaths have been in traffic accidents, but dangerously cold conditions have settled over some states.
Here in metro, the storm came and went almost exactly as predicted.
“We got pretty much what we thought we were going to get, right through the region, about five to 10 centimetres of snow,” said meterologist Richard Zurawski. “Then it switched over to rain around midnight.”
Wind gusts at Stanfield International Airport hit 81km per hour, but well over 100 in parts of Cape Breton. We could expect more gusts later today, but Zurawski says the concern now is the temperature, which will fall and hit the freezing mark just in time for the afternoon commute.
“I would imagine that the streets should be fine by this afternoon because the precipitation will have ended and there’s a good 12 hours between now and then,” he said.
Police report there were no serious accidents overnight due to the weather. Nova Scotia Power reported some power outages scattered around the province.
