Cape Breton Regional Municipality city hall remained snowed in on Monday evening. Schools, offices and non-essential businesses remain closed in the municipality on Tuesday.
Schools, offices and non-essential businesses remain closed today in hard-hit Cape Breton as crews attempt to make headway clearing snow-covered streets following a historic multi-day storm. Schools, offices and non-essential businesses remain closed today in hard-hit Cape Breton as crews attempt to make headway clearing snow-covered streets followingafter the low-pressure system dumped 150 centimetres of snow in some areas.
There were only about 1,000 Nova Scotia Power customers still in the dark Tuesday morning, but some restoration times aren't until Wednesday afternoon. Gloria Haydock, manager of consumer and industry relations for Atlantic Canada with the Insurance Bureau of Canada, said freezing and melting can get underneath singles.A relentless three-day blizzard has buried parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island in up to 150 cm of snow, prompting local states of emergency and a call for help going out to other provinces and the federal government.
"People have got to be very careful going into barns. I'm looking at anywhere from five to six feet on the barns out here," Lodlow toldPeter Keefe, the Atlantic director of operations for First Onsite Property Restoration, said it is important to have a professional remove the snow on your roof to avoid injury. He said a buildup can cause leaking and structural damage.