
Post-tropical storm Arthur, weakened from a hurricane, has battered south-east Canada leaving more than 200,000 homes and businesses without power.
Nova Scotia and New Brunswick bore the brunt of the storm's torrential rain and strong winds.
Forecasters say Arthur will move north-east through the Gulf of St Lawrence towards Newfoundland on Sunday, according to the (BBC).
On Friday, Arthur hit North Carolina with hurricane-force winds and later skirted New England.
Late on Saturday, the Canadian Hurricane Centre said Arthur was centred near Moncton in New Brunswick after making a second landfall in Canada.
Trees were blown down and power was cut to more than 141,000 customers in Nova Scotia and 110,000 in New Brunswick.
The largest number of outages was reported in Fredericton where winds of more than 62mph about (100km/h) had brought down a number of large trees.
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