– This was worse than we expected, says the city’s mayor Brian Button to the TV channel CBC. “Fiona” was downgraded from a hurricane before it hit Canada with wind gusts of up to 38 meters per second on Saturday. Meteorologists had warned that the storm could bring hurricane-force winds, huge amounts of rain and big waves. In the town of Channel-Port Port aux Basques, located on the coast of Newfoundland, several people lost their homes after several houses ended up in the sea. The large amounts of water caused landslides in several places. Streets have been washed away by the masses of water. – It is total destruction, says Button. On Friday, some of the city’s inhabitants, who live closest to the coast, were urged to evacuate. On Saturday morning they were required to do so. – We will force people out of their homes if we have to, says Button. Strong winds caused power lines to blow down, and there was flooding in the city’s town hall. There were also problems with the water supplies. – This is without a doubt the most frightening thing I have seen in my entire life, local journalist Rene Roy tells the BBC. Many lost both mobile signal and internet connections. – Many homes have turned into a pile of ruins in the sea. It is an apartment building that has literally disappeared, says Roy. Woman washed overboard According to the police, a woman was swept overboard in Channel-Port aux Baques. She has the status of missing. Another woman ended up in the lake after her home collapsed. She was rescued and taken to the hospital, police officer Jolene Garland told the CBC. Several people lost their homes in the storm in Port aux Basques in Canada on 24 September. Photo: Rene Roy / AP In the province of Nova Scotia, 415,000 customers were affected by power outages on Saturday morning. In the province of Prince Edward Island, 82,000 were without power, while another 44,000 lost power in New Brunswick, Canadian electricity suppliers said. “Fiona” had the strongest low pressure recorded and which has reached land in Canada, the country’s hurricane center says. A tree lies on a crushed pickup truck after Hurricane Fiona passed, later downgraded to a post-tropical storm, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada September 24, 2022 Photo: TED PRITCHARD / Reuters Soldiers Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he has granted federal aid to the province of Nova Scotia. – Soldiers will be deployed to help with the clean-up work, he writes on Twitter. The storm caused Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to postpone a trip to Japan, where he was supposed to attend the funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday. Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Saturday that soldiers are being deployed to remove fallen trees and help with other clean-up, as well as restore transport networks. She has not given any figures on how many soldiers will assist. Historical Storm “Fiona” moved from the Caribbean. At least eight people lost their lives when Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic were hit around a week ago. Almost everyone in Puerto Rico lost power, around half of customers are still waiting to get power back. Ian Hubbard, who is a meteorologist at the Canadian Hurricane Center, describes the storm as “historic”. – It looked like it had the potential to break every record in Canada and now it looks like it has. We are not done with this yet, Hubbard told Reuters.
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