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A construction crane has collapsed off a building in Halifax as the city is pounded by heavy winds from Hurricane Dorian. 0:37
Dorian lashed Nova Scotia on Saturday, sending trees tumbling onto cars, blowing roofs off and toppling a massive crane onto an under-construction building amid powerful winds and torrential rain.
Halifax bore the brunt of the storm Saturday afternoon, as it moved into the region as a Category 2 hurricane with winds gusting up to 141 km/h. 
Dorian had diminished to a post-tropical storm by about 7 p.m. Saturday when it made landfall in Halifax.
There was a lull in the storm at that time, however winds and rain were expected to pick up again in the evening, as the storm continued it track across Nova Scotia.
By 9 p.m. Saturday, 131 millimetres of rain had fallen in Baccaro Point, N.S. — on the province's southwestern tip — while 70 millimetres was recorded at Halifax Stanfield International Airport.
On South Park Street in downtown Halifax, a construction crane collapsed onto a building under construction and cracked in half as it hit.
Fatema Ali, 22, said she watched from a large window in her bachelor apartment as the yellow crane across the street teetered in the wind.
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"I was so shocked," said Ali, who caught the dramatic scene on video. "My hands were shaking."
Ali said she was thankful the crane did not fall onto a nearby building that was occupied. She said the incident was very upsetting.
"I'm glad that nothing happened to anyone," said Ali. "I was telling people that this should have been removed before the hurricane. Even if people were walking around, you never know, something could have happened."
A crane on South Park Street in Halifax toppled onto a building under construction. (Craig Paisley/CBC)
Halifax police confirmed there were no injuries.
A roof on a building on nearby Queen Street blew off in one large section and landed on several cars.
About 387,000 Nova Scotia Power customers ⁠— more than 75 per cent of the province's customers ⁠— were without power by 11:30 p.m. Saturday.
The company had 1,000 personnel — including 600 line technicians — at the ready to deal with the storm's aftermath; however, they were standing down until Dorian began to wane. Crews from other provinces were also helping out.
Restoration work started in Yarmouth, N.S., late Saturday evening, after winds died down.
Dorian was leaving a path of destruction as it blew through Nova Scotia on Saturday. (Craig Paisley/CBC)
On Prince Edward Island, more than 51,000 customers were without power Saturday evening. Winds were expected to gust up to 113 km/h and more than 100 millimetres of rain was expected to fall in some areas by Sunday morning.
Lights were also out for roughly 78,000 in New Brunswick Saturday evening, where heavy rain and high winds were flooding roads and uprooting trees. A number of roads in Saint John were closed due to flooding.
Dorian was then expected to move into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, bringing powerful winds and rain to western Newfoundland Saturday night into Sunday.
Massive trees were uprooted and resting on homes in the Halifax area, their roots exposed as they lifted up the surrounding sidewalks.
Powerful winds uprooted trees across the Halifax region on Saturday. ( Craig Paisley/CBC)
Stephen Brown hunkered down in his home in Halifax's north end as winds started to pick up. He received a message around 2:30 p.m. from a neighbour saying there was a 10-metre tree straddling his pickup truck.
"It has literally gone right through the truck," said Brown, 51, adding that the tree landed across the bed of his company's truck, narrowing missing the cabin.
"It's kind of scary because what we're hearing is that the wind is going to continue to build for at least another three or four hours ... If trees are coming down at the early part of the storm, it's anyone's guess what's going to happen as we get through it."
The bed of Stephen Brown's pickup truck was crushed by a tree Saturday afternoon as Hurricane Dorian blew into Nova Scotia (Submitted by Stephen Brown)
Boats were smashing against the shoreline in many coastal areas of the province.
In Herring Cove, N.S., waves that were pounding against a breakwater appeared to be reaching 15 metres. People who live in the area said they had never seen a storm surge like the one Dorian was bringing.

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