Crews in the Halifax region are picking up fallen tree branches that were knocked down by Hurricane Earl.

Residents are being asked to put their tree bundles on the curb, starting on Tuesday.

"We're going to limit the number of bundles per household to 10, which is more than we would generally [allow], certainly in recognition of what homeowners are trying to deal with right now," said Shaune MacKinlay, spokeswoman for the Halifax Regional Municipality.

Branches must be no longer than 1.2 metres long and 20 centimetres wide.

Leaves must be put in clear or orange plastic bags, or heavy paper bags and placed near the organics cart. Each household is limited to 20 bags.

The cleanup continued Sunday, a day after Earl blew through Halifax as a tropical storm. (Stephen Puddicombe/CBC)MacKinlay said crews continue to pick up trees on municipally owned property, but they are focusing on right-of-ways.

"What they're looking at first is any trees that are posing a problem for traffic, that could pose a threat, that have dangerous limbs hanging," she said.

Meanwhile, Nova Scotia Power said the few remaining customers without power should be reconnected by Tuesday night. Spokesman David Rhodenizer said early Tuesday more than 170 crews are working on about 1,000 isolated outages.

The hurricane hit Nova Scotia's south shore at Lunenburg County at about 11 a.m. AT Saturday. It was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved inland.

One man died while swimming. About 220,000 homes and businesses lost power at the storm's peak.