People in all three Maritime provinces are digging out this morning after the second winter storm in a few days blanketed most of the region in snow.
Nova Scotia could see up to 40 centimetres of snow by Sunday night in the province's north and the Annapolis Valley. Flurries hit the western Maritimes late Saturday night. The storm is expected to continue until noon on Sunday.
Meanwhile in southeasterm parts of Nova Scotia people are waking up to less snow than they expected in their driveways.The snow has changed to a wet mix of rain, ice pellets and snow throughout the Halifax region.
New Brunswick and P.E.I. are bracing for more snow and rain.
Driving
Police continue to urge motorists to stay off the slippery roads throughout the three Maritime provinces.
In New Brunswick there are reports of drifting snow on roads around Sussex and Fredericton. Roads are snow covered through much of the south and eastern parts of the province.
The Confederation Bridge is open to all traffic, but high winds could cause problems for travellers heading to and from P.E.I. this morning.
Power
There have been a few reported power outages in Nova Scotia Sunday morning. There are about 2,800 customers without power in Clare, Liverpool, Pubnico, Shelburne and Guysborough County.
Nova Scotia Power said it has brought in extra staff ahead of the storm to minimize the impact of the storm on the power grid.
Allan Street in Halifax was blanketed in snow Sunday morning after the storm. (Catharine Tunney/CBC) Moncton has about 3,000 customers waiting for the utility to restore their power.
So far there are no reported power outages on P.E.I.
Flights
Both the arrivals and departures board at Halifax's Stanfield international Airport are a sea of red. Many flights scheduled this morning are cancelled or delayed.
Two flights leaving from the Saint John Airport this morning have been cancelled. There are also a few flight cancellations and delays at airports in Moncton and Fredericton.
Most Maritime departures and arrivals scheduled for Sunday afternoon are running on time.
On P.E.I., the morning flight to Halifax has been cancelled.
The Halifax Stanfield International Airport is warning passengers to check their flight's status before leaving for the airport.
Ferries
The poor weather has cancelled the Marine Atlantic ferry between Newfoundland and Cape Breton.
The Bay ferry leaving Saint John, N.B. and Digby, N.S. have both been cancelled.
Eastern Canada hit late last week
Eastern Canada had just finished cleaning up after being blasted by another winter storm late last week.
Parts of New Brunswick were hit with between 20 and 38 centimetres of snow and in some places freezing rain and rain.
That system then headed up to Newfoundland, where about 25 centimetres fell on the northeast coast and central parts of the island.
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