| Comments | For many communities across eastern Canada, there was an autumn storm forecast for Halloween night in 2019; 20 communities in Quebec postponed trick-or-treating festivities by one night. On Halloween night through to the morning of November 1st, the storm brought rain to the southern regions and snow to the northern regions of the affected area. However, it was the wind, and subsequent waves and storm surges along the shorelines of the Great Lakes that caused the most damage. Strong winds were recorded across eastern Canada (e.g. 129 km/hr in Port Colborne, ON, 107 km/hr in Montreal 102 km/hr in Halifax, and 100 km/hr in St. John's). There were also widespread power outages - 2 million in Quebec were without power. The storm caused over $255 million (CAD 2019) in insurable losses; $189 million in Quebec, $55 million in Ontario, $3 million in New Brunswick, $2 million in Nova Scotia, $480,000 in Newfoundland and Labrador, and $150,000 in PEI. |