A wild day of wind and rain have been incredibly destructive in the Port
City.
The causeway is closed to traffic Eastbound because of high water
and Bayside Drive is closed from the Causeway to Redhead Road due to downed
power lines.
The Chipman Hill Pedway has now reopened as the windows have
been secured. Large glass planes were dangerously close to coming out of the
pedway and falling onto to Chipman Hill.
NB Power is reporting more than
33,000 customers are without power in the rain and wind storm. Over 8600 in
impacted in Darlings Island, Quispam, Rothesay, Hampton and the Peninsula. Major
outages are also reported in Sussex and St. Stephen and Moncton.
Saint
John Energy is dealing with numerous broken poles and wires down and expect that
work to continue until tonight.
City police telling Tide News the
Redhead dyke is now closed due to the high water.
High surf is reported at
Saint's Rest today.
Lancaster Avenue is blocked to traffic at Simms
Corner after a power pole came down.
The storm leading to cancelled and
delayed flights at the Saint John Airport.