(Fredericton)-Almost 7- thousand NB Power customers in the province  were  with out power  at  one point  today because of high  winds

NB Power spokesperson Megan Gerish said  most of the  power outages were in  the Fredericton area with other power problems scattered thru-out the province.

Gerish says  broken tree limbs caused by the strong winds was the major cause of power outages