Flights cancelled in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick ahead of intense winter storm
HALIFAX — Airlines cancelled flights in anticipation of an intense winter storm that edged into the Maritimes Tuesday with expected heavy snow, high winds and pounding surf in coastal areas.
Environment Canada issued a slew of warnings for the Maritime provinces, with up to 25 centimetres of snow expected in some areas starting late Tuesday afternoon and persisting into Wednesday.
The national weather forecaster was also predicting potentially damaging high winds that could gust up to 110 kilometres an hour along coastal areas of Nova Scotia.
Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard said the storm was centred southeast of Cape Cod at midday and was slowly tracking towards Nova Scotia and the rest of the Maritimes.