High winds, snow on lines knock out power to more than 2,000 Nova Scotia Power users

More than 2,000 Nova Scotia Power customers are without electricity after strong winds and heavy snow brought trees and branches down on power lines this weekend.

The majority of the remaining outages are concentrated around New Glasgow with scattered outages running from PictouCounty into Cape Breton.

"The key issue that crews are dealing with are strong winds and heavy snow build up on trees," said Bev Ware, a spokeswoman for Nova Scotia Power.

In some areas, she said, winds reached gusts of 113 kilometres per hour. Some crew members were working all night and others joined them on Monday morning.

The power outages also led to the cancellation of classes at Mulgrave Memorial Education Centre in Mulgrave.

Flights delayed, cancelled

Several flights into and out of Halifax Stanfield International Airport were cancelled or delayed on Monday.

Air Canada Flight 7075 from Moncton was cancelled while several other Air Canada flights from Fredericton, Saint John and Charlottetown were delayed. A WestJet flight from Toronto was also delayed.

Several flights scheduled to depart from Halifax were also delayed.

4 o'clock estimated restoration time

Ware estimates all customers will have their power restored by 4 p.m. on Monday. She said customers should watch the company's website for the most up to date information.

"Sometimes those times may fluctuate when crews get on site and see what conditions they're up against and also the driving conditions to actually get to the sites," she said.