Post-tropical storm Fiona makes landfall in Nova Scotia, knocking out power for hundreds of thousands
The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has declared a state of emergency as post-tropical storm Fiona – one of the strongest storms to ever strike Canada’s East Coast – continues to lash the island.
The centre says widespread gusts between 90 and 120 kilometres per hour have been reported over Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and southwestern Newfoundland, with a peak gust reaching 161 km/h over Beaver Island, N.S. “The key message from that is for people to stay at home,” Lamey said in an interview. “The first responders are really stretched right now. We want people to stay off the roads. Most of the roads have hazards on them, with power lines down and trees down as well.”At of 8:30 a.m. local time, Nova Scotia Power was reporting 414,000 customers were in the dark – that’s about 80 per cent of the homes and businesses that it serves.
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