HALIFAX—A small steeple that’s a part of Halifax’s urban landscape toppled early Wednesday in a fierce winter storm that left thousands of Maritimers facing power outages, school closures and flight cancellations. Elsewhere in Nova Scotia, about 51,000 homes and businesses had no power at daybreak Wednesday, though Nova Scotia Power’s crews were going through yet another set of repairs to restore the damaged infrastructure. Utility spokesperson Tiffany Chase said the combination of wet snow and gusting winds created challenging conditions for the power grid. Environment Canada had issued a slew of warnings, saying up to 25 centimetres of snow was expected in some areas. Environment Canada had estimated there would be high winds of up to 110 km/h along coastal areas of Nova Scotia and up to 100 km/h in parts of Newfoundland.

Source: thestar March 14, 2018 13:19 UTC