As New Brunswick continues to be pummelled by flooding, thousands of homes and businesses across the province are now without electricity Saturday after high winds began knocking trees into power lines. Most of the outages circle around Fredericton, Miramichi and the greater Moncton area — but there are still thousands without power elsewhere. Tens of thousands of people are also without power in parts of Quebec and Ontario due to high winds. She said the high winds are causing some safety concerns for crews and the utility is contacting partners in other jurisdictions to help with the power outages. We are experiencing power outages as a result of high winds across the province.

Source: CBC News May 05, 2018 19:07 UTC