Hurricane Matthew remnants soak P.E.I.

Intense low pressure system born from the remnants of Hurricane Matthew

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Caption: Don and Florence Wonnacott lost their front porch when a tree fell on it during the wind storm. Don was born in this house on Upper Prince Street. (Brian Higgins/CBC)

It was a blustery Thanksgiving Monday on P.E.I., but the stormy weather was not a record breaker.
The weather, which developed out of the remnants of Hurricane Matthew, grew progressively worse as you travelled east in the province.

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Caption: The view from the street of Don and Florence Wonnacott's home on Upper Prince Street. (Richie Bulger/CBC)

Western P.E.I. got between 30 and 40 millimetres of rain, and there was about 70 mm in Queens County. Murray River recorded the most rainfall at 93 mm.
The highest recorded wind speed in the province was at East Point, where the peak gust was 106 km/h.

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By Tuesday morning, thousands of people in the province were still without power, after wind knocked trees down into power lines.

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While the weather seemed severe, it was not a record breaker. The rainfall record for Oct. 10 was set in 1967 when a total of 106.4 mm fell on P.E.I.

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Caption: Better take a detour. A fallen tree blocked traffic on Mt. Edward Road in Charlottetown on Monday. (Submitted by Clair Perry)

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Caption: This fox was getting a little wet sitting on a bicycle path in Cavendish. (Submitted by Janet Nisbet)

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Caption: Jeff Brant had his deck cleared off — and his pool topped up — thanks to Hurricane Matthew. (Submitted by Jeff Brant)

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Caption: The cleanup crews are going to be busy after the remnants of Hurricane Matthew left many streets a mess. (Tracy Lightfoot/CBC)

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Caption: Monday's storm had these birds riled up in North Rustico. (Submitted by Heather Martin)

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Caption: A tree came down on a car on North River Road in Charlottetown. (Submitted by Erin Davis)

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Caption: These dogs didn't mind a little wind and rain at Blooming Point beach, though they may have needed a bath afterward. (Submitted by Beth Johnston)