{"id":885190,"date":"2026-09-06T05:58:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885190\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:58:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:58:14","slug":"high-winds-cause-thousands-of-power-outages-in-n-b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/885190\/","title":{"rendered":"High winds cause thousands of power outages in N.B."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/new-brunswick\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Brunswick<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to N.B. Power, about 11,000 customers are without power as of Saturday afternoon due to high winds.<\/p>\n<p>Greater Moncton, Fredericton, Kennebecasis Valley area most affected<\/p>\n<p>CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Sep 05, 2026 4:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: 10 hours ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A power pole with lines.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788674294_152_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>N.B. Power says high winds have caused about 11,000 power outages. (Liny Lamberink\/CBC)<\/p>\n<p>High winds gusting across New Brunswick on Saturday have resulted in about 11,000 power outages as of 4:30 p.m., according to N.B. Power.<\/p>\n<p>Utility spokesperson D\u2019Arcy Walsh said most of the outages were caused by trees falling into power lines. The hardest-hit areas include Greater Moncton, Fredericton, and the Kennebecasis Valley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Crews are in the field assessing damage and making repairs to restore power as quickly and safely as possible,&#8221; Walsh said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Crews began responding at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, with restoration timelines depending on the extent of local damage.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New Brunswick According to N.B. Power, about 11,000 customers are without power as of Saturday afternoon due to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":885191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-885190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=885190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/885190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/885191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=885190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=885190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=885190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}