An area of low pressure moving northeast towards Newfoundland and bringing high winds left tens of thousands of people in Nova Scotia in the dark Monday.
Most of the outages were in the Halifax region.
As of 12 p.m. AT, about 6,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were in the dark. At its peak, more than 50,000 NSP customers were left without power.
CBC meteorologist Kalin Mitchell says, unofficially, the Bedford Basin received 90.1 millimetres of rain during the storm.
Neera Ritcey, spokeswoman for the utility, says NSP was prepared for the outages with 80 or more crews on standby Sunday night, plus another 50 or so contractor and tree crews.
"We have been preparing since we saw the forecast. We have had 82 Nova Scotia Power crews on standby to be deployed this morning at the first light of day across the province as needed," she says.
Ritcey says it may take until Monday evening to fully restore power to some.
"The restore times are based on our best estimates at the time, so what we're doing this morning, with the daylight starting to appear, our crews are doing an assessment of the extent of the damage," she says.
There are heavy rainfall warnings for much of southern and eastern Nova Scotia, and wind warnings for eastern mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and Newfoundland. (www.accuweather.com)
"Because of that, it's unsafe for crews to be going up in buckets to do the restoration work so we have to first make sure that the winds slow down to a certain degree before we can start that work," says Ritcey.
The outages and high winds have prompted the cancellation of Marine Atlantic ferries Monday between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. Also, there are several school closures in the Halifax region and in the Strait region.
Heavy rainfall warnings remain in effect forCape Breton and there are wind warnings for Cape Breton and Newfoundland.
Strong winds of up to 90 km/h in Cape Breton, and up to 120 km/h for much of Newfoundland, have prompted warnings from Environment Canada.
"Damage to buildings, such as to roof shingles and windows, may occur. Loose objects may be tossed by the wind and cause injury or damage. Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions due to high winds," said Environment Canada in a news release.
Snowfall warnings are in effect for Labrador City, Wabush and the Churchill falls area.
Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office has also issued safety warnings.
"This weather event is not expected to be on the scale of post-tropical storm Arthur, but in its wake with tree-root systems already weakened, we could experience a large number of trees falling on power lines causing power outages and other damage," said Mark Furey, minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office in a statement Sunday.
"I encourage all Nova Scotians to listen to advisories, prepare for possible power outages, check on your neighbours and those most vulnerable in your communities, and take every precaution to minimize damage."
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