High winds and heavy rain are taking their toll as Hurricane Dorian moved through the region on Saturday night.
Sustained winds up to 80 kilometres an hour brought down several trees often on power lines.
Power outages leaving more than 50,000 NB Power customers in the dark with most in the Moncton, Riverview and Dieppe cluster where over 30,000 residents were off the grid.
Outages were also reported on Saturday night in locations like Sussex, Barnesville, Upham, Belleisle, Hampton, Willow Grove and Baxter’s Corner.
In Charlotte county, more than 1000 homes and businesses lost power early Saturday night in Bocabec, Rollingdam, Chance Harbour, St. George and Dipper Harbour.
We appreciate your patience and understanding as our crews work to restore everyone affected as quickly and safely as possible. Restoration efforts will continue overnight. Visit https://t.co/qyGRAtW91T or call 1 800 663 6272 for outage updates. pic.twitter.com/VmnLmMS2jX
— NB Power (@NB_Power) September 7, 2019
The storm bringing a lot of trees, power lines and poles down all over the region.
Residents are encouraged to contact NB Power if their power goes out. You can reach them at 1-800-663-6272.
As New Brunswickers are being faced with hurricane Dorian, Marcia and I would like to also extend our thoughts to the people of NS & PEI who are presently feeling the brunt of this storm in Atlantic Canada. Our thoughts and prayers are with you all. #staysafe #dorianhurricane
— Blaine Higgs (@premierbhiggs) September 7, 2019
