N.S. power outages hit over 1,000 customers, including Acadia campus
Wolfville campus was closed until power restored, says university
Over 1,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without electricity on Monday morning.
According to the utility's outage map, as of 10:40 a.m. AT, there were 88 active outages in the province, with 1,089 affected customers. The outages were in Halifax, the Annapolis Valley and the South Shore.
Many customers had their electricity restored during the afternoon.
At 3 p.m., there were fewer than 200 outages, including one affecting Acadia University. NSP said that outage is due to lightning. The power has since been restored.
On Acadia's website, the university said the campus was experiencing a "total power outage." Students, faculty and staff were not expected to stay on campus, the university said, and only essential employees were required to work.
The cause of most outages in the province is still being investigated, according to NSP.
Parts of the province had a thunder and lightning storm overnight.
