Weaker Noel cuts power to 150,000 in Nova Scotia

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Some 100,000 customers of Nova Scotia Power were still without power Sunday after high winds from remnants of Hurricane Noel cut electricity to 150,000 in the Canada province, officials said.

Noel, classified as a post-tropical storm as it swept up the U.S. Atlantic coast and hit Canada on Saturday, was the deadliest storm of the 2007 hurricane season.

The storm left more than 120 people dead and tens of thousands homeless in the Caribbean, primarily in the Dominican Republic and Haiti, which share the island of Hispaniola.

It also knocked out power to some 25,000 customers in New England as it moved up the U.S. coast.

With wind gusts of more than 60 mph Saturday, the 14th named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season also brought heavy rain and ocean surges along the Canadian shoreline.

No deaths were reported in as a result of the storm, which also cut power to some 3,700 customers in New Brunswick.

Weather forecasters were calling for sunny skies and diminished winds in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on Sunday afternoon.

Power to about 50,000 Nova Scotia customers had been restored by Sunday morning. The utility warned people to stay away from fallen power lines as some 150 repair crews fanned out across the province of 934,000 people.

"Nova Scotia Power's plan to restore power is well under way, but our workers need to do so in a way that's safe," said spokesman Dan Muldoon.