Maritimers will be digging out today from the first major storm of the winter.
The region was lashed yesterday and overnight with combinations of snow, ice pellets, rain and high winds.
Nearly 45-thousand hydro customers in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P-E-I were blacked out yesterday as gusts brought down power lines.
By early this morning, all but about 13-thousand in New Brunswick had their lights and heat back on.
Rain and flurries are forecast throughout most of the region today.
