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Schools in Ontario, Atlantic provinces close due to snowstorm

December 9th, 2010 davidguide

Vittorio Hernandez – AHN News News Writer

London, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Schools in Ontario were closed again Wednesday following the snowstorm that battered the province. The affected schools are in London, Middlesex and Elgin counties as well as the University of Western Ontario and Fanshawe College.

Some of these areas got about a meter (39.4 inches) of snowfall, forcing residents to stay away from school and offices. The amount of snowfall in London the past two days is the equivalent of snowfall from December to March.

London Mayor Jose Fontana, however, said the situation does not warrant the declaration of a state of emergency in the city even if the cold weather conditions caused the paralysis of land transportation in parts of London.

In Eastern Canada, aside from snow, there were high winds and rains which caused not only the shuttering of schools but also inundation and a power outage on Monday.

Aside from partially flooded streets, Halifax and parts of Nova Scotia have collapsed power poles and lines. The power outage affected 30,000 customers in Nova Scotia and 2,500 in New Brunswick.

Water transport between Caribou in Nova Scotia and Wood Islands in Prince Edward Islands were cancelled and ferry schedules between Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador were disrupted.

Environment Canada forecast that the extreme cold weather alert will be lifted Thursday morning. The weather agency said it expects temperature of minus 4 degrees Celsius (24.8 Fahrenheit).

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