Hurricane Fiona leaves its “mark” on Canada’s East Coast

Published on: 09/24/2022 – 22:30 Trees uprooted, houses swept away, power lines damaged… Hurricane Fiona hit the Atlantic coast of Canada hard on Saturday, a woman having been swept away by the waters and some 500 000 homes without electricity. Hurricane Fiona hit the Atlantic coast of Canada hard on Saturday September 24, a woman having been swept away by the waters and some 500,000 homes being without electricity. Trees uprooted, houses washed away, power lines damaged… “Fiona has come and left her mark on Nova Scotia and neighboring provinces,” Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said at a Saturday afternoon news conference. “It’s not completely over,” he warned. Violent gusts are expected to persist into the evening, noted meteorologist Bob Robichaud, noting however that “conditions should gradually improve within three to six hours. “According to Canadian authorities, Fiona was still carrying sustained winds of 120 km / h at 17:00 GMT and was moving at a speed of 37 km / h towards the northeast.” Nova Scotia and southwestern Newfoundland, and they could exceed 12 meters”, they warn. Two women were swept away in Channel-Port-aux-Basques, in the province of Terre- Brand new, according to a police spokeswoman. One of the two victims, carried away after the collapse of his house, was rescued and hospitalized, the other remains missing. Radio Canada René Roy, another resident of this city. “It does not stop. (…) Many houses have gone to the sea”, he said sorry. “I was woken up around 5 a.m. because my bed was shaking!” AFP Shaun Bond, who lives in Sydney, Nova Scotia. “I live on the second floor of a century-old house and it was moving and making noises like I’ve never heard.””With you””Thinking of everyone affected by Hurricane Fiona. Please know that we are with you,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted, announcing that federal authorities stood ready “to provide the provinces with additional resources.” “We have never seen such” weather conditions, police said on Twitter on Saturday. of Charlottetown, in the province of Prince Edward Island. “It’s incredible, there is no electricity, no wifi, no network,” added the mayor of the city, Philip Brown, on the public channel Radio-Canada. “A lot of trees have fallen, there is a lot of flooding on the roads,” he added. A tree fell on a fire truck and because of a torn power line, the soldiers of the fire who were there had to wait for the intervention of technicians from Nova Scotia Power to be able to extract themselves. Newfoundland and Labrador, had warned on Thursday against “very strong winds” and a “very strong swell”, and called “to the greatest vigilance” the inhabitants of these islands. Fiona caused the deaths of four people in Puerto Rico, a US territory, according to an official quoted by the media. One death was reported in Guadeloupe (France) and two in the Dominican Republic. With AFP