With heavy rainfall and storm surges, Hurricane “Fiona” has wreaked havoc along Canada’s east coast. A state of emergency has been declared in some areas. The coastal town of Port aux Basques in Newfoundland and Labrador province was badly hit, with several homes torn away by high waves. Earlier, the police had ordered residents to leave the danger zones.
Also in the province of Nova Scotia, the storm covered roofs, collapsed power poles and trees and flooded streets. Nova Scotia’s Prime Minister Tim Houston spoke of an “incredible number” of fallen trees on Saturday afternoon (local time). Nearly three quarters of the residents are without electricity. Houston said it was too early to estimate the extent of the damage.
Wind speeds up to 148 km/h
As a so-called post-tropical storm, “Fiona” made landfall early Saturday morning (local time) in Nova Scotia with winds of up to 148 kilometers per hour, the Canadian Hurricane Center announced.
blackouts
Hundreds of thousands of people in Nova Scotia were temporarily out of power on Saturday morning, electricity supplier Nova Scotia Power said. There were also tens of thousands of outages in the neighboring province of Prince Edward Island, according to the local electricity supplier.
“Fiona” passed the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda on Friday as the second strongest category hurricane. “Fiona” made landfall in Puerto Rico last weekend as a category one of five hurricane, causing flooding and severe damage.
Source: Krone
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