Thousands of homes and businesses are without power Saturday morning after post-tropical storm Elsa swept through the Maritimes overnight. The storm brought heavy rain to New Brunswick and high wind gusts to Nova Scotia. In this weather map of the Maritime provinces, the track shows that Elsa was expected to bring heavy rain and gusty winds to the Maritimes on Friday night. (Ryan Snoddon/CBC)Almost 18,000 Nova Scotia Power customers are without power as of 8 a.m, many of whom are in the Halifax Regional Municipality. Outages peaked around 5 a.m. in Nova Scotia when they reached 36,000.

Source: CBC News July 10, 2021 09:54 UTC