Kyle downgraded to a tropical storm after coming ashore near Yarmouth as a category one hurricane

In an update issued at 11:30 p.m. Sunday, Environment Canada was continuing to issue a wind warning and a tropical storm warning for Yarmouth County, however a storm surge warning for the area had ended.

Kyle was now downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved through the Bay of Fundy towards New Brunswick.

Still, Environment Canada said winds gusting from 90 to 110 km/h were still expected to continue overnight in Yarmouth County.

At 9 p.m. Kyle went ashore just north of Yarmouth as a marginal category one hurricane. Reports have been received of downed trees downed and power outages. A call to the Nova Scotia Power outage line at midnight revealed that there were scattered power outages in Yarmouth County and the surrounding area. Nova Scotia Power was estimating that it might take until late Tuesday morning to restore power to the majority of its customers that are without power.(UPDATE: By 6:45 a.m. Monday, Nova Scotia Power said while there were still power outages in the region and the province, it had restored power overnight to about 40,000 customers in the province.)

A tropical storm warning for Yarmouth County, which was what remained in place at midnight, meant that sustained winds of 63 km/h or more are to be expected. Winds associated with tropical storm Kyle could still cause damage with wind gusts up to 110 km/h over exposed areas.

Reports are that Shelburne County sustained a lot of damage from hurricane Kyle from downed trees – one of which caused a section of Route 3 to be closed – to a collapsed building that was under construction. Nova Scotia Power was also saying about 2,000 customers in Shelburne County were without power.

Further updates about the damage associated with hurricane Kyle will be posted on NovaNewsNow.com.