UPD: Storm to bring high winds, heavy rain to N.S.

Get your batteries ready and make sure your devices are charged.

The entire province is under a wind warning from Environment Canada.

They say gusts up to 110 kilometres an hour are expected later today into tomorrow.

Environment Canada meteorologist Ian Hubbard tells us it from a cold front moving in with significant winds ahead of it.

“Sometimes we’ll see some down branches, broken branches, that sort of thing, off of trees. Sometimes that can lead to some power disruptions,” says Hubbard.

“If any lines are hit, certainly any loose items tend to get blown around. Things like garbage bins or compost or recycle bins can get knocked over if they’re not too heavy.”

Nova Scotia Power are anticipatiing outages, they’re activating their emergency operations centre at noon.

Pam Scully-Porier who is storm lead with the utility, says they have their crews positioned across the province.

“We bring in folks from across the business, representing customer care, representing operations and make sure that we have a centralized gathering to respond to outages,” says Scully-Porier.

She says their crews do stand down at 80 km/h winds.

Power outages began on Friday before 4 p.m.

A rainfall warning is also in place for parts of central and northern Nova Scotia,

The rain and mild temperatures will lead to a big snow melt.

The South Shore Regional Centre for Education cancelled classes for Tancook Elementary due to the forecast.