WATCH ABOVE: Halifax is recovering Tuesday after a winter storm dumped snow on the region. But New Brunswick took the brunt of the storm and declared a state of emergency. Ross Lord reports.
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The city of Saint John, N.B., declared a state of emergency early Tuesday in the southern peninsula because of snow accumulation on the streets and a forecast of more snow on the way.
The city said it made the declaration to “maintain public safety and enable access for emergency vehicles.”
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Environment Canada says the city has been buried under more than 120 centimetres of snow in the past week with the latest storm dumping 29 centimetres on the southern peninsula.
Under the declaration, parking is banned on streets in the region and any parked vehicles will be towed, at the owner’s expense, as of noon today.
The city says as streets are returned to a stable state, they will be removed from the declaration, and the public will be notified.
The declaration was made as another storm was expected to bring a mixed bag of nasty weather to the Atlantic provinces.
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Environment Canada said a low pressure system over eastern Nova Scotia will track northeastward today, bringing heavy snow, strong northeast winds and wind chill values near minus 30.
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Parts of Prince Edward Island were also bracing for about 30 centimetres of snow. The storm was expected to make its way to Newfoundland and Labrador later today, bringing high winds and heavy snow to some areas.
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