Post-tropical storm Nicole hits 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,” mentioned resident Alex Hernandez.
Nova Scotia Power informed CTV Information they’d 17,000 residents impacted by the storm, which was largely as a consequence of bushes 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 form of two completely different typically separate rounds of rain — what has already gone by means of [and] the second spherical will probably be clearing as quickly as this night and tonight,” mentioned 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 undoubtedly had a little bit of paranoia with some bushes nonetheless pending to return down, however yeah, I undoubtedly had a little bit of fear,” mentioned 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 underneath a rainfall warning due to this climate system,” mentioned Mitchell.
As of 6 p.m., Saturday, nearly all 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 have 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 brought about uneven water across the coast.
In comparison with different Maritime areas, P.E.I. did see durations of solar Saturday.
As of 6:15 p.m., solely 5 prospects stay with out energy on P.E.I.
