N.B. news: Saint John preps for heavy rain, high winds [Video]

It was the calm before the storm for much of the day in Saint John, N.B., Wednesday.

With upwards of 40 millimetres of rain and 100km/h wind gusts expected to fall on the city overnight, residents were enjoying the sights the incoming storm brought to the Bay of Fundy coastline, like big waves crashing onto the shores of the Irving Nature Park beach.

“You can actually feel it in your vehicle,” one resident told CTV News Atlantic while sitting in her car enjoying the views. “The waves, the wind, they speak to you.”

Some of the heaviest rain for the area is expected between 10 p.m. Wednesday and 4 a.m. Thursday morning. Rainfall warnings are in effect for the majority of the province.

Anglers prepared for the weather ahead of time, with all fishing huts now off the ice and put away until next year.

“We have been using social media and some places …