Hundreds of thousands across Nova Scotia were left without power after post-tropical cyclone Fiona arrived to Canada's Atlantic Coast early Saturday morning.
Fiona washed houses into the sea, tore the roofs off others and knocked out power to the vast majority of two Canadian provinces as it made landfall before dawn Saturday as a big, powerful post-tropical cyclone.into a post-tropical storm late Friday, but it still had hurricane-strength winds and brought drenching rains and huge waves. There was no confirmation of fatalities or injuries.
Roy estimated between eight to 12 houses and buildings have washed into the sea."It's quite terrifying," he said. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau canceled his trip to Japan for the funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Trudeau said the federal government would deploy the Canadian Armed Forces to assist.
Fiona had weakened to tropical storm strength Saturday night as it moved across the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph . It was centered about 80 miles northwest of Port aux Basques and moving northeast at 8 mph . Tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 550 miles from the center.Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said the roof of an apartment building collapsed and they moved 100 people to an evacuation center.
"There are homes that have been significantly damaged due to downed trees, big old trees falling down and causing significant damage. We're also seeing houses that their roofs have completely torn off, windows breaking in. There is a huge amount of debris in the roadways," Amanda McDougall, mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality, told The Associated Press
"It is pretty devastating. The sad reality is the people who need information are unable to hear it. Their phones are not working, they don't have power or access to the internet," Houston said.
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