Another windy Thursday saw power knocked out to thousands of homes and businesses throughout New Brunswick.
NB Power is reporting around 50 customers without power in the province as of 8 a.m. Friday.
The outages are mainly in central, southeastern and northeastern parts of the province.
It is expected most customers should have their power restored by early Friday afternoon.
Thursday’s wind gusts reached as high as 81 km/h in Bathurst, 76 km/h in Moncton, 70 km/h in Saint John and 69 km/h in Fredericton.
Gusty winds are expected to continue throughout the day on Friday, which could lead to more outages.
Wind gusts continue to cause scattered outages across #NewBrunswick. Crews have worked throughout the day to restore customers and restoration efforts will continue. For the latest updates, please visit https://t.co/qyGRAtW91T or contact our customer care team at 1 800 663-6272. pic.twitter.com/rMKmUfjx6U
— NB Power (@NB_Power) October 8, 2020
