Thousands of Nova Scotians still without power after wind storm

NS Power Outage map showing a large outage on the peninsula on Dec. 11, 2023. (NS Power)

By CityNews Halifax Staff

Posted Dec 11, 2023 02:23:29 PM.

Last Updated Dec 12, 2023 09:16:50 AM.

Thousands of Nova Scotians are still in the dark Tuesday morning as a powerful storm brought with it very strong winds.

Environment Canada issued a wind warning for all of Nova Scotia, calling for wind gusts up to 100 km/h.

As of 9 a.m., more than 23,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without power after topping 60,000 outages Monday evening.

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education posting to social media Tuesday morning that two of it’s schools would be closed for the day due to a lack of power.

Elsewhere, schools with the Colchester County Regional Centre for Education delayed opening by 2 hours due to power outages.

The storm also impacted traffic on the Mackay Bridge which was closed to heavy and high sided vehicles during the wind storm.

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