Hurricane Dorian Causing Widespread Power Outages in the Maritimes

A man heads past part of an apartment roof that landed on several cars in Halifax as hurricane Dorian approaches on Sept. 7, 2019. The Canadian Press/Andrew Vaughan

HALIFAX—As hurricane Dorian barrelled toward the Maritimes on Saturday, it lashed southern New Brunswick and mainland Nova Scotia with powerful winds that uprooted trees and caused widespread power outages.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax said Dorian was expected to make landfall near Halifax later in the evening, unleashing a barrage of torrential rain, pounding surf and howling gusts reaching up to 150 kilometres per hour.