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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ishani Mistry (Metdesk)

Weather tracker: Canada issues warnings for freezing rain, heavy snow and strong winds

A snowy street in St John's in Newfoundland
A snowy street St John's, Newfoundland, last week. Up to 40cm fell in the Canadian region on Sunday. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

Atlantic Canada is under widespread weather warnings for snow, freezing rain and strong winds as a winter storm moves across the region. In Newfoundland, up to 40cm of snow fell on Sunday, along with wind gusts of about 74mph, creating blizzard-like conditions.

The storm began late on Sunday and is forecast to persist until Tuesday morning. Freezing rain warnings are in place across Nova Scotia, including Annapolis and Kings counties, while parts of New Brunswick could get up to 25cm of snow on Monday.

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