Nova Scotia appeared to bear the brunt of the fierce nor'easter on Wednesday, with blizzard, wind and storm-surge warnings issued for communities along the Atlantic coast and southeastern Cape Breton.
Most flights at Halifax International Airport were cancelled or delayed by the storm. In Liverpool, waters in the harbour flooded into a parking lot on Wednesday morning.
Transit buses in Halifax were pulled off the roads and the province's Transportation Department appealed to drivers to stay off the roads. Marine Atlantic's ferry service from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland and Labrador is also delayed.
CBC's Colleen Jones weathers the storm, Haifax, Wednesday.
Nova Scotia Power said between 500 and 700 homes are without power, mostly in Shelburne, Canso, Mabou, Sydney and River Bourgeois.
Cape Breton Island could bear the brunt of the storm, with 50 cm of snow forecast.
Prince Edward Islanders were to receive up to 15 cm, with high wind gusts of more than 90 kilometres an hour. Traffic on the Confederation Bridge connecting to New Brunswick has been limited to small vehicles.
Halifax digs out, Wednesday morning.
Together with the highest tides of the year, strong winds in the Gulf of St. Lawrence could result in some coastal erosion in the tiny province.
In Newfoundland's Avalon Peninsula, hit by the blizzard on Wednesday morning, schools and businesses are closed, and visibility is poor. Up to 40 cm of snow are expected by day's end, with strong winds causing problems in parts of the province. Corner Brook, for instance, is experiencing gusts of up to 120 km/h.
At St. John's International Airport, travellers have had to make new arrangements to deal with a number of flight delays and cancellations.
In St. John's, most public services – from primary schools to the courts to clinics to the library system – were closed. Memorial University and the College of the North Atlantic have suspended classes.
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