A winter storm in Newfoundland and Labrador has resulted in localized flooding and has left thousands without power as massive waves continue to slam the coastline.
Ian Gillies, reached over the phone from Brigus South—a community along the coast about 60 kilometres south of St. John’s—says he’s blown away by the rough waters and pounding waves.
“We’ve been here about 14 years and this is by far the highest surf we’ve seen,” he said in an interview Sunday.
“The waves crashed over the breakwater. And an island where normally people walk out to, that I would say is 20 or 30 feet above sea level, it had waves crashing over that as well.”…