Active AlertsPort Hood, NS

Locations: Pictou and Antigonish counties and southern Cape Breton.

Maximum wind gusts: westerly 90 to 100 km/h.

Time span: continuing today and diminishing early this evening.

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Local utility outages are possible. High-sided vehicles will be pushed around by the wind.

Wind warnings are issued when there is a significant risk of damaging winds.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #NSStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.

Secure loose objects.