Hurricanes: Florida and Cuba await Ian, Canada mourns after Fiona

Published on: 09/26/2022 – 05:56 In Canada, hurricane Fiona killed two people and caused “tremendous damage”, according to the authorities. Cuba and Florida are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ian, which should turn into a “major hurricane” on Monday. Canadian authorities lamented on Sunday, September 25 “tremendous” damage in the east of the country after the passage of hurricane Fiona, while Florida and Cuba were preparing for the upcoming arrival of storm Ian.Fiona, which has ripped from homes and caused major power outages, also killed two people in Canada, where all hurricane warnings were lifted on Sunday afternoon. a “major” hurricane on Monday evening or Tuesday morning before reaching western Cuba, has already warned the American National Hurricane Center (NHC). The organization describes as “major” hurricanes those whose winds reach at least 178 km / h, i.e. categories 3, 4 and 5 on the so-called “Saffir-Simpson” scale. -tropical which weakens going up towards the north, bruised Saturday the Atlantic coast of Canada. The toll has increased, the province of Prince Edward Island announcing Sunday afternoon a death, while in the province of Newfoundland, rescuers found the body of a 73-year-old woman, swept away by the ocean on Saturday during the storm. Some 320,000 people remained without power in five provinces as Fiona knocked down trees and ripped roofs off. Hundreds of workers worked to restore power, while the military helped clear the roads. , the premier of one of the hardest-hit provinces, Nova Scotia, on CBC News. “The damage is immense.” The hurricane had already killed at least seven people last week, including four in Puerto Rico, two in the Dominican Republic and one in Guadeloupe (France). Ian is approaching Cuba and Florida (United States) are preparing for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ian. The US National Hurricane Center has issued a “hurricane alert” for several areas of Cuba (Isla de Juventud, Pinar Del Rio, and Artemisa). The largest island in the British territory of the Cayman Islands, Grand Cayman, has also issued an alert. hurricane. Ian is expected to pass close to it on Monday. The NHC predicts that Ian will become a “major” hurricane within the next 24 to 48 hours, that is, according to its nomenclature, capable of inflicting “devastating” damage. ‘damage houses, uproot trees and disrupt the distribution of water and electricity. Ian should go up, via the Gulf of Mexico, to Florida which has already begun to take precautions. NASA has given up on Tuesday’s takeoff of its new mega-rocket for the Moon, from the Kennedy Space Center located in this southern state of the United States. state of emergency”, which makes it possible to release federal aid, while Republican Governor Ron DeSantis called on Twitter for residents to “take precautions”. Joe Biden also gave up on a trip that should have taken him to Florida on Tuesday. In various localities in the state, authorities began to distribute sandbags to protect homes from the risk of flooding. the 73-year-old woman found on Sunday afternoon came from the small town of Channel-Port-aux-Basques, in the province of Newfoundland. There, more than 20 houses were torn away by the raging ocean and 200 residents evacuated, according to Mayor Brian Button. The victim had apparently taken refuge in his cellar when the waves invaded everything. “A war zone”, said the mayor to describe his city. “We have to give ourselves a little time. We cannot return to normal in a day”, he explained via Facebook Live, while his city bears the marks of the passage of Fiona: heaps of debris, barriers twisted by the gigantic waves… Some homes will be without power “for several days”, warned the director of the operator Nova Scotia Power, Peter Gregg. The Canadian army will lend a hand in three provinces (Island -Prince Edward, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador), at the request of the latter, according to the federal Minister of Emergency Preparedness, Bill Blair. With AFP