By: Demi Conteh
Fiona touched down in Nova Scotia between Canso and Guysborough just after 4 a.m. More than 335,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without power as of 7 p.m. The business claims to have more than 525,000 clients. It advised users to consult the utility's outage map for an estimated time of restoration. Out of a possible 86,000 consumers, P.E.I.'s Maritime Electric reported that more than 82,000 had lost their power. Approximately 37,000 outages, mostly in the southeast of the province, were reported by N.B. Power. The assistant chief of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services, Erica Fleck, reported that a tree fell on a fire truck with a crew inside. Live wires were present. She claimed that the fire team remained inside the vehicle while experts from Nova Scotia Power tried to get the crew out safely.
In Newfoundland, roads were blocked, residents were evacuated and several homes were either destroyed, washed away, or flooded. In Port aux Basques, where rocks and other debris were strewn around the neighborhood, the damage was most obvious. Port aux Basques and Burnt Island are still in a state of emergency. The majority of the damage in Port aux Basques, according to CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler on Sunday morning, was brought on by storm surge. On Sunday afternoon, the body of a missing 73-year-old Port aux Basques resident, who was forced to flee her home due to storm damage, was found in the water. Following Saturday's post-tropical storm Fiona, people in Atlantic Canada are starting to assess the damage and clean up.
Early on Sunday, remnants of Fiona were over southeast Labrador, mixing with a long area of low atmospheric pressure known as a trough. As a post-tropical storm, Fiona spent Sunday morning heading inland in southeast Quebec, according to Environment Canada. It is predicted to dissipate over the Labrador Sea. Additionally, Ottawa has granted Nova Scotia's request for funds for disaster relief, which will help governments restore damaged infrastructure as well as aid people and small businesses to pay for costs they were not covered for. In order to boost relief operations in the area, the federal government said on Sunday that it will match donations made to the Canadian Red Cross by people and businesses.
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