Environment Canada says&nbsp;a swath of Nova Scotia, including the Halifax area, may&nbsp;be in store for damaging winds&nbsp;and&nbsp;heavy rainfall from&nbsp;Wednesday&nbsp;night to Thursday morning.

The agency has issued&nbsp;weather warnings for every region in the province.&nbsp;

It says a cold front is approaching that could bring southerly winds of up to&nbsp;100 km/h, as well as up to 60 millimetres of rain.&nbsp;

Meanwhile in Cape Breton, Inverness County from Mabou northward could face winds of up to 140 km/h.

The agency is advising&nbsp;that&nbsp;power outages, downed tree branches and dangerous driving conditions are possible.

The wind and rainfall warnings may be expanded as the cold front&nbsp;approaches, it says.

Updated Warnings<br>Wind Warnings: Nova Scotia + Grand Manan &amp; Acadian Pen in NB, with gusts 70-100 km/h overnight into early Thursday. Gusts to 140 in Les Suetes!<br>Rainfall Warnings: Fundy coast of NB &amp; Atlantic coast of NS + Cape Breton with up to 50 mm locally.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nsstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nsstorm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nbstorm?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nbstorm</a> <a href="https://t.co/c8qqtKdRIs">pic.twitter.com/c8qqtKdRIs</a>

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Ryan Snoddon's Nova Scotia weather forecast for  Nov. 29.

Parts of Nova Scotia could be in store for damaging wind, heavy rain Wednesday night

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