Post-tropical storm Nicole in the Maritimes Saturday

Many RisePEI residents woke as much as energy outages Saturday as remnants of post-tropical storm Nicole rolled by means of the Maritimes.

“Didn’t suppose it was going to rain this early after which shortly misplaced energy round 8 o’clock,” stated resident Alex Hernandez.

Nova Scotia Power instructed CTV Information that they had 17,000 residents impacted by the storm, which was largely as a consequence of timber coming in touch with energy strains. The vast majority of these outages have since been restored.

Heavy rain and robust winds impacted the area in waves all through the day.

“The 2 climate methods that got here collectively — there’s type of two completely different typically separate rounds of rain — what has already gone by means of [and] the second spherical will likely be clearing as quickly as this night and tonight,” stated CTV’s Chief Meteorologist Kalin Mitchell.

The aftermath of September’s post-tropical storm Fiona left many worrying about what impacts this climate system might have introduced.

“From Fiona, I positively had a little bit of paranoia with some timber nonetheless pending to come back down, however yeah, I positively had a little bit of fear,” stated one resident.

Rainfall warnings are nonetheless in impact in elements of Nova Scotia.

“We’re already seeing rainfall totals of 30, 40, 50 millimetres, and the whole thing of the Maritimes is below a rainfall warning due to this climate system,” stated Mitchell.

As of 6 p.m., Saturday, the vast majority of the province has seen peak wind gusts of as much as 80km/h, with some areas seeing as much as 100km/h.

On Prince Edward Island, solely a handful of residents had been with out energy Saturday, which introduced aid to those that misplaced objects in Fiona’s fury.

The province noticed winds and heavy rain at occasions, which prompted uneven water across the coast.

In comparison with different Maritime areas, P.E.I. did see intervals of solar Saturday.

As of 6:15 p.m., solely 5 prospects stay with out energy on P.E.I.