Crews work to restore power after high winds once again leave parts of N.L. in the dark

Ferry crossings are cancelled and over a thousand households are left without power Saturday morning, due to high winds and severe weather conditions.

Environment Canada meteorologist Graham MacDonald said they had registered winds as high as 138 km/h in the Wreckhouse area.

Winds are also predicted to reach close to that velocity in Nain as well, with a orange winter storm warning in effect for the area until Saturday evening.

Meanwhile, Newfoundland Power says crews are investigating outages across the province, including on the Avalon, Burin Peninsula, Sunnyside-Clarenville-Bonavista Peninsula area, Gander-Glenwood-Twillingate-New-Wes-Valley area, and the Corner Brook-Deer Lake area.

As well, Marine Atlantic has cancelled ferry crossings between Port aux Basques and North Sydney for the remainder of the day.

Outages a safety concern

Hurricane-force winds have been playing havoc with the province's power grid all month.

Many of the communities affected this weekend spent two days without power earlier in the week.

Volunteer Firefighter Michelle Wells was among those without power in the town of Embree, N.L. for 42 hours.

She says such outages present a major concern, as with little cell service in some areas, if there was a fire or other emergency there might be no way to reach first responders.

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