"I like the wind, I like the waves, but it's hard walking. as the harbour was churned into a roiling mass of whitecaps and heavy swell. The service was cancelled early at 2:30 p.m. Sandra Simons, who lives across the harbour in Dartmouth, was running to catch the last ferry of the day. In downtown Halifax, the wind started to howl early in the afternoon, sending sheets of rain sideways, stinging pedestrians as they headed home early from work. About 94,000 utility customers were without power as of about 1:30 a.m., Friday, many along the Atlantic coast. Nova Scotia was expected to see up to 50 millimetres of rain, possibly causing localized flooding.īy Thursday evening, many lights were out across Nova Scotia. and parts of Newfoundland and Labrador, saying the low-pressure system would bring fierce winds that could gust up to about 140 kilometres an hour in parts of Nova Scotia and snowfall amounts of up to 40 centimetres in New Brunswick.
The federal agency had issued a range of winter storm warnings and watches for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, P.E.I. "There's a varied mix of weather conditions depending on where you are in the Maritimes - the whole spectrum of weather," said Borgel. The agency warned that people should not attempt to travel across flooded roads because even shallow, fast-moving water can sweep a vehicle away.Įnvironment Canada had issued warnings for everything from wind and rain to blizzards and storm surges along much of the Atlantic coast. "I expect there's going to be some serious damage when things come to light on Friday morning," he said. The weather agency said high waves would persist overnight and may cause further flooding and pounding surf near high tide on Friday morning for southwest facing coastlines.īorgel noted high tide was expected to coincide with the greatest surge in the evening along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia, just as winds were forecast to pick up again. "If you are in your home and don't need to travel, don't travel," said Greg MacCallum, director of New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization, who called it a "serious storm."Įnvironment Canada said high waves combined with storm surges could cause damage along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia and in Prince Edward Island later in the evening, and that flooding was also likely in those areas. While parts of Nova Scotia were whipped by wind and rain amid temperatures well above freezing, New Brunswickers faced heavy snow that made it impossible to see across the street.
Water also poured into an excavation site of a massive hotel/office complex.Īnd 20 minutes before high tide, the surging ocean had swallowed a dock at Halifax's Dingle Park and flooded the short causeway connecting the nearby Armdale Yacht Club to the mainland. Social media images showed one Halifax house with its roof gone, and another building that had partially collapsed.Īt high tide the storm surge flooded parts of Halifax's famed waterfront boardwalk, moving a Canada 150 sign and lapping at an ice cream outlet.
"This one will definitely be memorable for its extreme winds, especially in Nova Scotia."
"This is a very large, very intense storm," said Darren Borgel, a meteorologist with Environment Canada. HALIFAX - A massive and powerful storm pummelled Atlantic Canada on Thursday, shutting down everything from schools to bridges as wind, rain and snow thrashed the region.
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