00:00 We want to turn our attention now to Dr. Reed Timmer, who is on the ground and currently
00:05 in Nova Scotia.
00:06 And, Reed, what are you finding now?
00:08 Well, the winds are actually increasing here near Peggy's Cove right now, and the temperature
00:14 is starting to decrease dramatically.
00:17 There's a mid-level clear slot that's starting to move over the area here on the southern
00:21 coastline of Nova Scotia.
00:23 And we just passed low tide at about 4 p.m., and now it's starting to come back up.
00:28 And the next high tide is at about 10 p.m. tonight.
00:31 And so you can start to see the wave action is really starting to rocket.
00:35 You can see some of those rooster tails going up 40, 50 feet as they impact the rocks.
00:40 And the lighthouse here at Peggy's Cove is an area that's famous for its wave action,
00:45 and the road up to the lighthouse has actually been closed for safety reasons.
00:49 And this road right behind me, this was surged over at the high tide this morning.
00:54 So there are all kinds of rocks that went over the road, and they've been clearing these
00:57 out since during the day today.
00:59 There's a lot of big loaders out here, tractors that have been getting rid of those boulders.
01:04 But you can definitely start to see the onshore flow is pushing up those waves as they're
01:09 starting to approach high tide this evening.
01:11 Wouldn't be surprised if this road floods once again.
01:14 The big impact here in Nova Scotia has been the power outages with over 100,000 people
01:19 without power, and that includes the capital city of this province up in Halifax.
01:27 A lot of different storms over the years, including more easters.
01:30 How does this compare to that for this region of the country?
01:37 Well we've spoken to some locals that are in the area, and they say this is the worst
01:42 that they've seen in 50 years.
01:44 But this is an area that is no stranger to these hurricanes and hurricanes that will
01:48 transition to extra tropical cyclones.
01:50 Fiona happened about a year ago on September of 2022, and there was a lot of damage throughout
01:56 this area again.
01:58 The wind field will expand as they transition to an extra tropical cyclone, and that broadens
02:02 out the impacts, and basically the whole southern side of the island gets hammered.
02:07 But Hurricane Noel back in 2007 was incredibly significant here as well in terms of the wave
02:14 action with some of those photos out near the lighthouse showing those waves up over
02:18 100 feet.
02:19 But some of the locals here say this is the worst they've seen in decades.
02:24 Alright, Dr. Reid Timmer, extreme meteorologist there, thank you so much for joining us.
02:29 And again, lots more that he's dealing with there on Nova Scotia.
02:33 Want to point out the radar at this point in time, because Reid mentioned some of those
02:37 onshore winds coming back.
02:39 I'm not exactly certain where Reid was, but I think he's on the western end of Nova Scotia
02:44 there, near where this storm made its first landfall.
02:47 And you can see why we've had some of those challenges.
02:51 We've had those winds starting to wrap back around, so they're starting to face in towards
02:55 where Reid was standing, and that's where we're picking up that dominant wind flow and
02:59 why he's having some more challenges there, hearing anything that's going on.
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