NB Powers crews at work. (NB Power)
Thousands of homes and businesses are without power as high winds tear through New Brunswick.
According to NB Power’s website, there are 574 outages affecting more than 54,000 customers as of 5:18 p.m. Friday.
“While we have recovered from the impacts of the last two storms, some trees are vulnerable to being uprooted and making contact with lines,” the utility said in a tweet Friday morning.
On Thursday, NB Power said crews are centrally located and ready to respond if outages occur.
Our crews are dealing with downed wires and trees on the lines as wind gusts continue in areas of #NewBrunswick. pic.twitter.com/cBKpvBigDP
— NB Power (@NB_Power) November 1, 2019
Saint John Energy is currently not reporting any outages.
School Closures
The power outages have caused several school closures in the Anglophone South School District.
- Apohaqui Elementary School
- Campobello Island Consolidated School
- Chris Saunders Memorial Elementary School
- Deer Island Community School
- Fundy Shores School
- Hammond River Elementary School
- Hampton High School
- Harry Miller Middle School
- Kennebecasis Valley High School
- Lakefield Elementary School
- Lawrence Station Elementary School
- Quispamsis Elementary School
- Quispamsis Middle School
- Rothesay Elementary School
- Rothesay High School
- Sir James Dunn Academy
- Sussex Middle School
- Vincent Massey Elementary School
Transportation Issues
Several ferries have been docked throughout southern New Brunswick due to the high winds
- Kennebecasis Island
- Peninsula Princess
- Grand Manan
- White Head
The weather is also causing a handful of delays and cancellations at the airports in Saint John, Fredericton and Moncton.
Wind gusts of 90 kilometres per hour are forecast during the day Friday, diminishing to 70 kilometres per hour on Friday evening.
