Thousands of homes and businesses remain without power after freezing precipitation moved through the province.
NB Power said more than 10,700 of its customers were without electricity as of 2:50 p.m. Friday.
Most of the affected customers are in southeastern New Brunswick, according to the utility’s online outage map.
There were 5,028 customers affected in the Shediac/Cap-Pelé region, 3,777 in the Moncton/Riverview/Dieppe region, 1,241 in the Sackville/Port Elgin region, 500 in the Kent region, 171 in the Chaleur region, 72 in the Kings/Queens region, and one in the Acadian Peninsula region.
Estimated restoration times can be found on NB Power’s website.
Road conditions
Officials are warning people to stay off of a number of highways throughout New Brunswick due to poor road conditions.
As of 2:50 p.m. Monday, travel was not recommended on Route 2 between Longs Creek and Coles Island, Route 3 from Longs Creek to Brockway, Route 4 from Maine to Thomaston Corner, Route 7 from Oromocto to Finnegan Hill, and Route 8 from Route 2 to the Penniac interchange.
A similar advisory was in place along Route 1 on Sunday evening but was lifted early Monday morning.
You can find up-to-date travel information at any time by calling 511 or visiting 511 New Brunswick online.
Meanwhile, Bay Ferries said it has cancelled Monday’s crossings between Saint John and Digby, N.S., due to wave heights and wind speeds.
Schools, colleges, some universities closed
Students across New Brunswick got another day off on Monday due to weather and road conditions.
Schools in all four anglophone and three francophone school districts were closed before 6 a.m. Monday.
Elementary, middle and high school students were not the only ones impacted by this storm.
The UNB Fredericton campus and St. Thomas University shut down for the day. The UNB Saint John campus closed as of 2:30 p.m.
New Brunswick Community College said its campuses in Saint John, Saint Andrews, Fredericton, Miramichi and Woodstock are closed, while its Moncton campus will open at 10 a.m. Classes will continue virtually.
Mount Allison University and the Moncton campus of l’Universite de Moncton were closed Monday morning but will reopen at noon.
Warnings still in effect
A freezing rain warning remains in effect for most of New Brunswick, with the exception of Saint John County and Fundy National Park.
Environment Canada said a prolonged period of ice pellets and freezing rain is expected to push across most of the province throughout the day Monday.
“There is a risk of significant ice buildup in some areas,” the weather agency said.
A rainfall warning is also in effect for Saint John, Grand Manan and coastal Charlotte County, Fundy National Park, Greater Moncton, Kent County and Kouchibouguac National Park.
Forecasters said as much as 30 millimetres of rain could fall in those areas by Monday evening.
The freezing rain has already changed over to rain along the Fundy coast, according to Environment Canada.
The Kennebecasis Valley, Sussex, Grand Lake, St. Stephen and Greater Moncton were expected to see the changeover to rain happen by noon.
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