Severe weather knocks out power for over 7K in Metro

Over 7,000 customers are without power in the metro region this evening as strong winds batter eastern Newfoundland.

Winds are expected to gust to 110 km/h overnight.

Newfoundland Power is reporting outages for the following locations as of 7:30 pm:

• Cowan Heights (Team Gushue Hwy-Burin St), Captain Whelan Dr-Jensen Camp Pl, Mount Carson (Elmcliff St-Nash Cres), Cowan Heights (Burin St-Cowan Ave), Cowan Heights (Mansfield Cres-Baseball Park), Cowan Heights (Canada Dr-Frecker Dr), Cowan Heights (Canada Dr-Gushue Hwy), Cowan Heights (Harrington Dr-Whelan Dr), Cowan Heights (Cherrington St-Torngat Cres), Coventry Way-Willenhall Pl, Old Penneywell Rd (Georges Pond Rd)
  

• Mount Carson (Elmcliff St-Nash Cres), Branscombe’s Pond (Topsail Rd-Pembury Close), Mount Carson (Brant Dr-Topsail Rd), Cowan Heights (Canada Dr-Gushue Hwy), Mount Pearl (Baffin Dr-Finlaystone Dr), Mount Pearl (Moffatt Rd-Farrelll Dr), Masonic Park Apartments
  

• Kelsey Drive, Old Penneywell Rd (Georges Pond Rd), Kenmount Terrace (Kenmout Rd-Ariel Pl)
  

• O'Leary Business Park,Pippy Pl-Thorburn Rd, Critchs Path, Old Penneywell Rd (Georges Pond Rd)
  

• ORR-Captain Prim Pl, Kenmount Terrace (Kenmount Rd-Gorgina St), Kenmount Terrace (Including Rosalind-Rosalind St), Kenmount Terrace (Iceland Pl-Larsen St), Mount Carson (Brant Dr-Topsail Rd)