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Winter storm causes cancellations across northeastern Nova Scotia

A winter storm in northeastern Nova Scotia led to a slew of closures and outages Tuesday.

Snow turns to rain Tuesday amid dangerous driving conditions

Snow falls on a sign that reads
Snow falls in Sydney, N.S., Tuesday morning. (Craig Paisley/CBC)

A winter storm in northeastern Nova Scotialed to a slew of closures and power outages Tuesday.

CBC meteorologist Tina Simpkin saidup to 40 centimetres of snow was expected tofallover Cape Breton.

By afternoon, the snow hadchanged to rain. Up to 40 millimetres of rain couldfall in Cape Breton, causing the possibility of flooding, according to Environment Canada.

Winds were expected to gustup to 100 kilometres per hour in eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton, reducing visibility due to blowing snow.

Cape Breton Regional Police did not have to contend with any major accidents as a result of the storm. But Insp.Bill Turner saidthere were several minor ones.

He saiddriving was difficult as the moisture-laden snow became compacted on the roads, in some places leavingicy ruts.

"I can honestly say I've never seen the Sydney-Glace Bay highway as bad as it was today," Turner said. "We're probably lucky there weren't more accidents."

With the temperature expected to drop overnight, Turner said anyone who doesn't need to go out should just stay home.

Those needing to get out need to slow down and leave more time for braking, he said.

The following schools were closed:

  • All schools in the Cape Breton-Victoria Regional Centre for Education.
  • All schools in the Strait Regional Centre for Education.
  • NSCC's Marconi, Pictou and Straitcampuses, and Wagmatcook Learning Centre.
  • St. Francis Xavier University (exams scheduled for today will be rescheduled to next month).
  • Cape Breton University (exams scheduled for today will now be onDec. 20).
Snow blankets a road and causes a power line to droop.
A power line dangles over Frenchvale Road in Balls Creek, N.S. Many roads in the area are impassable due to heavy, wet snowfall. (Erin Pottie/CBC)

Transit Cape Breton was not operating due to poor road conditions.

Ferries to and from Sydney, N.S., on Marine Atlantic were cancelled for the day.

The following municipal entities were closed:

  • Cape Breton Regional Municipality's city hall.
  • Richmond County's municipal office.
  • The Town of Port Hawkesbury's municipal office.
  • Inverness County's office in Port Hood.
  • Antigonish town hall.

As of 2:40 p.m., there were over 23,000 Nova Scotia Power customers without electricity. Most of the outages are in the eastern part of the mainland and Cape Breton.

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