Thousands of people were left without electricity last night as severe weather conditions played havoc with the power grid across the island.
Crews had their work cut out for them, with outages reported across dozens of communities throughout the evening.
Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Chief Vince MacKenzie tweeted a caution to residents to be mindful of downed wires during such treacherous weather after parts of the town went dark.
Gusts reached around 100 km/h in the St. John’s-metro region, while meters in Fortune Bay registered a gust over 140 km/h.
Power is out in areas of @towngfw with multiple reports of pole fires in high winds and rain. #GFWFire responded to 3 simultaneous calls for power lines and pole fires in the last hour. @NFPower crews are working the outage. Public advised be watchful of downed wires. #nlwx pic.twitter.com/GMYVxHwHgg
— Vince MacKenzie (@FirechiefVince) November 2, 2020
The Fire station in @towngfw is on emergency generator and crews are in station standing by as power is out in several areas town. High winds and rain cause of disruption at this hour. @NFPower are working to restore. #nlstorm #nlwx #nltraffic pic.twitter.com/txBC48SI6F
— Vince MacKenzie (@FirechiefVince) November 2, 2020
