A construction crane lies on a building on South Park Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, after having collapsed on 7 September 2019 due to heavy winds from Hurricane Dorian. Peachey estimated there are about six washed-out roads on the South Shore and in the Annapolis Valley, but said roads mostly did well in the storm. “There's some very large surf, strong winds, trees are down and trees and still coming down,” said Paul Mason, executive director of the province's Emergency Management Office. Nova Scotia Power crews have not yet fully assessed the damage, said spokesperson Andrea Anderson on Sunday. “There's a lot of live wires around ... Stay home. The Department of Labour will investigate a construction crane that collapsed into a building under construction in downtown Halifax Saturday, Halifax Regional Police Chief Dan Kinsella said. No one was hurt in the incident and a stop work order is in place. Although there are some road closures in the province, Mark Peachey, executive director of maintenance and operations for the Transportation Department, said the majority of those are due to downed trees or power lines. Hope it caused no injuries. Want to discuss? The Canadian Red Cross opened three evacuation shelters in the Halifax region. A doctor answers our questions, Ellen DeGeneres addresses ‘toxic’ workplace allegations as show returns for new season, Dr. Bonnie Henry says she's received abuse, death threats, Coronavirus: Ontario government unveils first step of fall COVID-19 plan, Pascale Ferrier: Canadian suspect accused in ricin letter case, Cancellations begin as Dorian moves toward Canada’s East Coast. Other images on social media show scores of upended trees in Halifax, a ripped-up waterfront boardwalk, flooded streets and flying debris. More than 150 people used shelters Saturday night set up for the storm in the Halifax area, said the Canadian Red Cross. The three shelters — in the Canada Games Centre, St. Margarets Centre and the Dartmouth East Community Centre — will remain open on Sunday night, Halifax Regional Municipality officials said. It started as a category 1 and will hit 4 by the weekend as it heads to Florida and the East Coast of USA. Hurricane Dorian is a Category 4 hurricane that has formed in the Atlantic. In Halifax, residents were comparing the storm to hurricane Juan, a Category 2 hurricane that hit Halifax early on Sept. 29, 2003. © 2019 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc. A pedestrian braves heavy rain in Halifax on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Halifax Transit will pull their bus and ferry services offline at noon on Saturday ahead of hurricane Dorian’s arrival in the region. As people hurried from the building, firefighter Jeff Paris said those forced from their homes would be taken to emergency shelters. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. “The most thrilling part is seeing the mature trees swaying back and forth in the yard, and watching on social media as trees go down near neighbours' houses,” said Tim Rissesco, who lives on the east side of Halifax harbour in Dartmouth. The Youth Live Enviro Depot originally scheduled for Sept. 7 has also been canceled. "It's moved off now and especially with daylight hours approaching, we'll move into the recovery phase of the event. Keep up-to-date on Hurricane Dorian with the CBC Maritimes live weather blog, updated every day. “We're still talking about a very dangerous storm that is transiting through the Maritimes,” Bob Robichaud, warning preparedness meteorologist with the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax, told a late-evening news conference. It’s hard to believe it’s been one year since Hurricane Dorian’s record breaking 145km/hour winds blew across Nova Scotia. In Barbados, winds reached 55 mph (89 km/h), downing trees and power lines. As Juan's peak gusts hit 185 km/h to the east of the storm's centre, it uprooted millions of trees and caused more than $200 million in property damage. Peachey said provincial ferries are operating as normal across Nova Scotia. A street is blocked by fallen trees as a result of Hurricane Dorian, now downgraded to a post-tropical storm, pounding the area with heavy rain and wind in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Sunday. It started as a category 1 and will hit 4 by the weekend as it heads to Florida and the East Coast of USA. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. A worker removes a fallen tree blocking a … Hurricane Dorian: One Year Later. Throughout the region, tennis fans took to Twitter to bemoan the fact that power outages had forcing them to miss the U.S. Open, where Canadian Bianca Andreescu won a historic matchup in the finals. Stay off the roads.”. and into the Gulf of St. Lawrence as a strong post-tropical storm. “There are several apartment buildings being evacuated,” he said. READ MORE: Cancellations begin as Dorian moves toward Canada’s East Coast. Halifax Metro Transit suspended all bus and ferry service on Sunday and will provide an update later in the day whether service will resume on Monday.

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