Dorian knocks out power for hundreds of thousands after reaching Canada

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Dorian arrived on Canada’s Atlantic coast on Saturday with heavy rain and powerful winds&comma; toppling a construction crane in Halifax and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It arrived in eastern Canada a day after wreaking havoc on North Carolina’s Outer Banks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Residents of Nova Scotia braced for heavy rainfall and potential flooding along the coast&comma; as officials in Halifax urged people to secure heavy objects that might become projectiles&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Businesses were encouraged to close early in Halifax&comma; the provincial capital and home to 400&comma;000 people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A crane toppled and crashed into the side of a downtown apartment building under construction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;139594" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-139594" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-139594" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;DB61A6D8-6250-4A7C-88E9-A1242DA2745B&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"440" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-139594" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A guard rail was damaged by powerful waves that drove rocks on shore in Cow Bay&comma; Nova Scotia<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>In the city’s south end&comma; a roof was ripped off an apartment complex&comma; and firefighter Jeff Paris said several apartment buildings were being evacuated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the collapsed crane and all the down trees and power lines&comma; it was fortunate there are no significant injuries or deaths&comma; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The power went out hours ago&comma; but we were well prepared&comma;” said Tim Rissesco&comma; who lives on the east side of Halifax harbor in Dartmouth&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We’ve got snacks and food and we’re hunkered down in the house playing board games and watching the rain and the wind&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As Canada prepared for Dorian&comma; floodwaters receded on Saturday from North Carolina’s Outer Banks&comma; leaving behind a muddy trail of destruction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The storm’s worst damage in the US appeared to be on Ocracoke Island&comma; which even in good weather is accessible only by boat or air and is popular with tourists for its undeveloped beaches&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;139597" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-139597" style&equals;"width&colon; 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it still sent seawater surging into homes on Ocracoke&comma; many for the first time in memory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; more than 1&comma;100 Bahamians arrived in Palm Beach&comma; Florida&comma; after being evacuated by cruise ship from their hurricane-battered islands&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Dorian swept across the Canadian Maritimes and forecasters expected it to pass near or over western Newfoundland on Sunday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;139598" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-139598" style&equals;"width&colon; 600px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-139598" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;09&sol;63E09B59-4F78-4314-890A-8AE1E211F914&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"399" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-139598" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">A man walks in the rain on Main street in Moncton&comma; New Brunswick&period;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Canadian officials prepared for the possibility of flooding&comma; washouts and storm surges&comma; and public safety minister Ralph Goodale said the military was mobilizing to assist Nova Scotia&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Nova Scotia Power Inc reported more than 300&comma;000 customers were in the dark by 7 pm local time&comma; with power out in parts of Halifax&comma; Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads4--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Karen Hutt&comma; the utility’s chief executive&comma; said Dorian is the largest weather event the company had ever responded to&comma; and 1&comma;000 workers were ready to restore power once it was safe&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hurricanes in Canada are somewhat rare in part because once the storms reach colder Canadian waters&comma; they lose their main source of energy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Canadian Hurricane Centre meteorologist Ian Hubbard said the last hurricanes to make landfall in Canada were Hurricane Igor and Hurricane Earl in September&comma; 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