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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Dec. 22 (UPI) -- A weekend winter storm slammed Canada's Maritime provinces bringing hurricane-force winds that knocked out power to thousands, officials said Monday.
Nova Scotia Power spokeswoman Margaret Murphy told The Chronicle-Herald in Halifax there were 75-mph winds keeping repair crews busy Sunday afternoon and likely for at least a few more days. She said as many as 89,000 customers in Nova Scotia without power Monday morning.
Crews can't use elevator buckets to reach pole tops when winds exceed 65 mph, she said.
Mike Campbell, meteorologist for Environment Canada's Atlantic Storm Prediction Center in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, told the newspaper numerous highways in the region were closed.
"This is the sort of wind that will knock over transport trucks," he said. "That's a big concern."
Prince Edward Island authorities said more than 2,000 customers had lost electrical power, and that number was double in New Brunswick, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.
Environment Canada said Friday that it appeared the entire country would have a white Christmas, including the normally mild west coast of British Columbia.
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