Post-tropical storm Lee is working its way across Prince Edward Island this morning after passing through Nova Scotia and New Brunswick yesterday.

Lee made landfall in Long Island Nova Scotia yesterday around 4 p.m., but the region felt its impacts for hours leading up to then. Environment Canada says Lee will continue to impact the region today with rain, strong winds, and high waves along the Atlantic coast. Conditions are beginning to improve in many areas of Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick.

Power Update

Over 100,000 people in Nova Scotia are still without power after Lee tore through the province. At the peak of the storm, about 160,000 customers were reporting outages just after the storm made landfall last night.

Nova Scotia Power crews are out in full force today working to restore the outages. They were hamstrung a bit yesterday by the strong winds that prevented them from going up in buckets to make repairs in most areas. With the storm tapering off, they’ll be able to work more safely and efficiently throughout today and into the week if need be.

The emergency operations centre opened on Friday at noon and will remain open until all outages have been restored across nova Scotia.

To access the Nova Scotia Power Outage map click here.

Travel Update

Northumberland Ferries has cancelled all of its sailings for the second day in a row as the effects of Lee still linger.

Flights are running again today after the Halifax Stanfield Aiport shut down all travel yesterday. There are still many flights that have been delayed or outright cancelled by he storm. To check the status of flights in and out of Stanfield Airport click this link.

For updates on Halifax Transit disruptions please click here.With files from Evan Taylor, Caitlin Snow, Kevin Northup, Kelli Rickard, Steve MacArthur, and Scott Pettigrew.