HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Three Canadian provinces were digging out from a brutal winter storm Tuesday as Newfoundland prepared to take its own hit.
The U.S. eastern seaboard and parts of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island got as much as 20 inches of snow along with winds gusting to 65 mph Monday, the Globe and Mail reported. In Halifax and other places, lengthy white-outs made travel impossible as winds drove temperatures down to feel like 22 degrees below zero.
Halifax International Airport spokeswoman Gina Connell estimated only a dozen of 150 scheduled flights left Monday, stranding thousands and creating further headaches as airlines work to reschedule them.
The snow and wind caused scattered power outages, and in Nova Scotia, some snow plows were ordered off the roads.
The storm was headed to Newfoundland early Tuesday, where the western half of the island will see blizzard-like conditions. Environment Canada said the Port-aux-Basques area should expect winds gusting to 80 mph and is warning of heavy snowfall.
