Restoration efforts continue across the Maritimes after Post tropical storm Dorian.
As of 6:30am this morning, there were around 2700 NB Power customers left in the dark New Brunswick.
Restoration efforts will continue overnight. Please visit https://t.co/qyGRAtW91T for updates. pic.twitter.com/zDEKi9fJ14
— NB Power (@NB_Power) September 9, 2019
In Prince Edward Island, Maritime Electric is reporting around 18,000 still without power.
Dorian’s impact has resulted in hundreds of trees down Island-wide. Crews made progress today and will continue working tonight restoring power. Currently there are approx. 18,000 customers without power across PEI. Our Contact Centre remains open. To reach us call 1-800-670-1012 pic.twitter.com/NoJkhhTOLH
— Maritime Electric (@MECLPEI) September 9, 2019
Nova Scotia the hardest hit from Dorian is at 105, 000, that has been reduced by half from totals yesterday.
Our teams have worked across NS assessing the damage caused by #Dorian, identifying an estimated 3,700 trees and 300 broken or leaning poles. With this info, we’ve been able to update estimated restoration times on our outage map at https://t.co/cKMppFqg0n pic.twitter.com/h82FvNPnH2
— Nova Scotia Power (@nspowerinc) September 9, 2019
They say it could take a week to get everyone back on the grid in some places.
