The Canadian military mobilized and officials on Sunday tried to assess the scope of devastation from former Hurricane Fiona,
In this photo provided by Wreckhouse Press a home fights against high winds caused by post Tropical Storm Fiona in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, on Sept. 24, 2022.TORONTO — which swept away houses, stripped off roofs and knocked out power across the country’s Atlantic provinces.
Fiona was blamed for at least five deaths in the Caribbean, but there was no confirmation of any fatalities or serious injuries in Canada. Police said a woman who might have been swept away was listed as missing in the hardest hit town of Channel-Port Aux Basques on the southern coast of Newfoundland.“Thankfully the weather is a lot better on the outside this morning which will give us opportunities to have a look and assess the damage,” Mayor Brian Button said on social media.
Government officials across Eastern Canada were assessing the full scope of damage caused by the storm now that the fierce winds have subsided in most places. Fiona had moved inland over southeastern Quebec. “We are seeing devastating images coming out of Port aux Basques. PEI has experienced storm damage like they’ve never seen. Cape Breton is being hit hard, too,” Trudeau said.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre tweeted that Fiona had the lowest pressure — a key sign of storm strength — ever recorded for a storm making landfall in Canada.He said more resilient infrastructure is needed to withstand extreme weather events, saying that what was once a 1-in-100 year storm might now arrive every few years because of climate change.
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