Strong Winds Lead To Power Outages

There have been numerous "pockets" of power outages along the South Shore and elsewhere this morning in the province. As of 11am, more than 3000 NS Power customers are without electricity. Most are in the Bedford-Sackville-Dartmouth area of HRM. There are also about 150 without power in the Chester area. Earlier this morning, close to 4000 residents of St. Margarets Bay lost their power. Thousands were without power in Pictou County and in Antigonish. The outages have been caused by strong wind gusts breaking tree limbs and in turn snapping power lines.