Tens of thousands in Nova Scotia still without power Sunday morning
CBC
For thousands of Nova Scotia Power customers, it's their second day waking up the dark after a significant storm on Friday led to widespread power outages across the province.
The weather event began knocking out power on Friday morning, as a mixture of snow, rain, freezing rain and ice pellets swept through parts of the province. On Saturday, as many as 53,000 customers were without electricity.
The utility's outage map shows there are still more than 29,000 households without power as of of 7 a.m. AT.
The outages are scattered across the province, with several clusters concentrated in the Cape Breton, Halifax, Annapolis Valley areas.
Estimated restoration times vary, but many are listed as 11 p.m. AT Sunday.
Several warming centres will open on Sunday in some of the communities experiencing outages, including Beaver Bank, Halifax, and Lunenburg, the province's Emergency Management Office said on Twitter.
As of Saturday evening, there were no weather alerts or warnings left in the province, but temperatures remain well below freezing on Sunday morning.
Matt Drover, storm lead for Nova Scotia Power, said residual ice buildup on trees and power lines and the icy road conditions are making it challenging for crews to restore power.
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