Some N.B. customers still without power after extreme cold
Over 2,500 customers are without power Sunday morning after extreme cold weather swept through the province.
Weather warnings were issued on Friday and Saturday when wind chill values ranged from -33 to -45 and caused more than 29,000 N.B. Power customers to lose power.
Those Environment Canada warnings ended by Saturday evening.
As of 11:26 a.m. A.T. Sunday, 2,567 customers were without power in the Acadian Peninsula, Charlotte Southwest, Central York Sunbury, Moncton Riverview Dieppe, Northumberland Miramichi and Restigouche regions.
Dominique Couture, an N.B. Power spokesperson, said most of the current outages were reported late Saturday or Sunday morning.
She said the utility has restored power to 94 per cent of the customers impacted by the extreme weather event.
28 New Brunswickers displaced
Canadian Red Cross is helping 28 New Brunswickers who were displaced by fires, flooding or power loss in the Moncton and Saint John areas over the weekend.
Extreme cold weather caused pipes to burst in three residences, leading to the flooding.
One home was destroyed by a fire.
School closure due to burst pipes
Riverview Middle School will be closed Monday and Tuesday after the weekend weather led to burst pipes.
Anglophone East School District superintendent Randolph MacLean announced the closure in an email to parents. He noted repairs at the school are needed.
