| Comments | A winter storm significantly impacted central, south-central, eastern and north-eastern New Brunswick as well as the Acadian Peninsula. Regions that were hardest hit were the Counties of Kent, Northumberland and Gloucester. Ice accumulation on power lines and poles caused over 600 poles to collapse. NB Power reported 130,000 customers that were without power (which is roughly 286,000 residents); some homes were without power for 12 days. Nearly a third of New Brunswick residents were impacted. The communities of Saint Marie-Saint Raphael, Le Goulet, Lameque and Tracadie-Sheila declared States of Local Emergency. The Canadian Armed Forces were deployed to help with the storm efforts. It is suspected that the unsafe use of generators and heating devices led to 2 deaths and 45 related illnesses/injuries.
The storm also impacted parts of Quebec and Atlantic Canada – the Gaspe region recorded a storm surge and local flooding, and Halifax had 100 km/hr winds. |