High winds knocked over scaffolding and forced the closure of a street in Halifax’s South End on Wednesday.
The bottom portion of Hollis Street was closed by emergency personnel shortly after scaffolding on the Westin Nova Scotian Hotel was blown over.
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Halifax Regional Police and Halifax Fire attended the scene but say nobody was hurt.
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As of 12:45 a portion of the road remains closed to vehicles.
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Wind gusts as high as 63 km/h are expected in the municipality.
Thunderstorms are expected later this afternoon.
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