Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings for most of New Brunswick and parts of Nova Scotia on Thursday, with some areas forecast to receive up to 90 millimetres of rain.

About 21,000 homes had no electricity on Sunday morning due to heavy winds and rain, according to Nova Scotia Power. Some places may remain without power until late in the evening.

This winter was the shortest ice road season anyone can recall on Temagami First Nation, with only 11 days when the road connecting the island to the mainland was open.

Since Thursday, mayors in the Rio de Janeiro state and Governor Claudio Castro had been cautioning residents about potential weekend problems.

Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Toronto because about 15 cm of snow is expected to arrive on Friday.

As of 10 a.m. on Thursday, ECCC said Calgary International Airport received 22 centimetres, the most of the seven stations the federal agency reported.