Nearly 15K customers without power as strong winds sweep through N.B. – New Brunswick | 24CA News
As excessive chilly climate sweeps by means of the Maritimes, many households have been left with out energy on Saturday.
In New Brunswick, practically 15,000 clients had been with out electrical energy as of three:30 p.m.
In an electronic mail, New Brunswick Power mentioned the outages had been scattered throughout the province as a consequence of excessive winds and timber stepping into contact with energy traces.
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“Our crews are currently working safely and efficiently to restore power to impacted customers,” learn an announcement to Global News.
“Crews are prepared to work in all types of extreme weather conditions and are following extreme cold corporate safety standards and are wearing winter personal protective equipment. Safety is at the heart of everything we do.”
Environment Canada has locations the complete province beneath an excessive chilly climate warning, forecasting wind chills as low at -45 and most wind gusts of as much as 70 kilometres per hour.
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According to the climate company, the bottom temperature within the province was recorded in Mechanic Settlement in Kings County, reaching -32 C from 3 a.m. to six a.m. Saturday, and a record-breaking -49 wind chill.
In neighbouring Nova Scotia, a document was additionally damaged.
At about 4 a.m., Environment Canada recorded wind chill of -43 on the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, beating the earlier 1967 document of -41.
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