Many parts of Eastern Canada are being told to expect little or no relief Tuesday as they continue to feel the punishing effects of a rampaging winter storm.

"It's a very slow-moving system that has caused all kinds of problems," says the CBC's Colleen Jones.

"It's going to be a really messy, dirty day."

All this comes after many areas in Eastern Canada were hit with heavy snow, winds, and rain on Monday.

As well, there were electricity blackouts to some 70,000 homes and businesses in Quebec.

Still waiting for power

On Tuesday morning, some 2,000 homes, mostly in the areas around St-Bruno, Que. and St-Hyacinthe, Que, were still without power.

By late Monday night, the storm had already dumped more than 40 centimetres of snow on parts of Quebec and New Brunswick.

Elsewhere in the Atlantic provinces, people were bracing themselves after forecasts predicted they could see as much as 60 cm of snow, 60 millimetres of rain or wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour.