Wet, wintry storm hits the Maritimes
Posted Dec 23, 2013 07:16:02 AM.
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A mix of rain, freezing rain and snow fell across the Maritimes yesterday, leaving some icy spots around the region this morning.
News 95.7 meteorologist Richard Zurawski said we got about 17 millimeters of rain here in Halifax, and half of that was freezing rain.
According to Zurawski, temperatures for the next day or so will be mild, then hover around the freezing mark which will bring some scattered flurries.
The weather is causing a few flight delays and some cancellations at Halifax Stanfield International Airport this morning.
All flights coming from and heading to New Brunswick are cancelled, and there are a few other flights that are delayed to other destinations.
The airport is urging all to call ahead before heading to the airport this morning.
The storm was more severe in other parts of the country.
Power crews in Ontario, Quebec, and New Brunswick are re-connecting more than 400,000 customers who are in the dark.
Their power was knocked out by a fierce ice storm that brought down power lines and blew out transformers.
About 60 per cent of the affected homes and businesses are in Toronto.
Anthony Haines, president and CEO of Toronto Hydro, told Toronto morning show Breakfast Television that people may remain in the dark past Christmas.
He added that power has been restored to Toronto East General Hospital but that Sunnybrook remains on generator power.
The same storm also caused headaches in the midwestern and northeastern United States.
Power is out for more than 400,000 homes and businesses from Michigan to New England.
Almost 700 flights have been cancelled at American airports, and more than 11,000 flights have been delayed.
