Some Maritime communities are coping with school closures and power outages for a second day as the region is hit with another messy mix of weather.

Environment Canada has issued snowfall and flood warnings for much of New Brunswick, saying central and northern parts of the province could see up to 25 cm of snow.

The weather is especially bad in the Fredericton area, which is getting hit with a mix of snow and rain. The weather is making travel throughout the region dangerous due to reduced visibility and heavy snow, with Fredericton Transit pulling buses from the roads for the day.

The Trans-Canada Highway between the Quebec border and Centreville, New Brunswick was closed due to bad roads.

The weather has prompted more power outages in the province. There were 11,559 NB Power customers off the grid as of 6:00 p.m. Thursday.

“It’s the first storm of the season and the tree branches aren’t quite frozen, so we’re seeing a lot of branches making contact with lines, and also we’re not talking just one or two trees, crews are seeing metre long trees on lines,” says NB Power spokesperson Marie-Andrée Bolduc.

The new outages come after NB Power was already working to restore thousands of outages following a storm that closed schools and cancelled flights in all three Maritime provinces on Wednesday.

“We’ve had some people without power unfortunately for more than 24 hours,” adds Bolduc.

NB Power says it has 157 power crews working to reconnect outages, with another 25 on the way.

The wintry weather also closed a number of schools across New Brunswick, as well as St. Thomas University and UNB’s Fredericton campus. Classes are also cancelled at NBCC’s Miramichi, Fredericton and Woodstock campuses.

Parts of Nova Scotia are also seeing a mix of rain and snow. Power has been restored in most areas, but 690 Nova Scotia Power customers were still off the grid as of 6:00 p.m., with most outages reported in the Amherst, Antigonish, Bridgewater, Stellarton and Tatamagouche areas.

Two schools in the Strait Regional School Board closed schools early due to weather conditions. Cape Breton Highlands Education Centre/Academy and Pleasant Bay School started dismissing students at 11:30 a.m. Classes were also cancelled at École NDA in Cheticamp because of high winds.

The Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal is warning motorists that snow is making for slippery road conditions in Cumberland County and that heavy snow is causing downed branches on some roads.

Maritime Electric said Thursday afternoon that it was still working to restore power to roughly 8,000 customers on Prince Edward Island. Souris Regional School dismissed students at 2 p.m. due to a power outage.

The weather is impacting ferry service across the region. Bay Ferries has cancelled all crossings between Saint John and Digby, and Northumberland Ferries has cancelled all crossings between Wood Islands and Caribou. All Marine Atlantic ferry crossings between North Sydney and Port aux Basques are cancelled for the day.

The Confederation Bridgeand Halifax’s MacKay Bridge also have restricted certain classes of vehicles from crossing due to high wind.

With files from CTV Atlantic’s Nick Moore and Kelland Sundahl.