OTTAWA (ANTARA) – Tens of thousands of residents in eastern Canada's Nova Scotia province were hit by power outages as post-tropical storm Lee began to move away, announced Sunday (9/17) the province's electricity supplier.
In its latest information, Nova Scotia Power, an electric utility company in the province, said at least 277,000 people were affected by power outages during the storm that began hitting the region on Friday (15/9), local time.
“Under difficult conditions on Saturday (16/9), technicians restored power to approximately 170,000 of them and we hope to restore more power today (Sunday),” the company said.
Strong winds hit the province until Saturday, with wind speeds reaching more than 90 kilometers per hour in most parts of the province and more than 125 kilometers per hour in the metropolitan area.
When Hurricane Lee hit the province, tree branches and twigs fell on power lines and, in some cases, entire trees fell, the utility company said.
Winds were still gusting up to 70 kilometers per hour in parts of mainland Nova Scotia Sunday morning as the storm slowly moved northeast and toward St. John's Bay. Lawrence, local media reported.
In New Brunswick, another Canadian province, more than 11,000 people were without power Sunday morning, and more than 300 people working at Maritime Electric in Prince Edward Island were waiting for power to be restored. restored, according to reports.
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