Hurricane Fiona has the strength and potential to become one of the worst storms ever to hit Canada’s east coast. It’s expected to make landfall in Nova Scotia on Saturday. Chief meteorologist Anthony Farnell looks at the forecast for hurricane Fiona and the impact it might have as it barrels toward the Maritimes.
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HALIFAX — Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across Atlantic Canada as post-tropical storm Fiona makes landfall over Nova Scotia's eastern Guysborough County. The Canadian Hurricane Centre said early Saturday that Fiona is expected to pass through Cape Breton Saturday morning, and then reach the Quebec Lower North Shore and Southeastern Labrador by late evening. The agency says hurricane force wind gusts have already been recorded over eastern mainland Nova Scotia, Cape Breton,
PETIT-DE-GRAT, N.S. — In the small Acadian community of Petit-de-Grat on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island, fishermen were busy dry-docking their boats or attempting to lash them tightly to wharf as hurricane Fiona approached Friday. At Samsons Enterprises boatyard, Jordan David was helping his friend Kyle Boudreau tie down Boudreau’s lobster boat “Bad Influence” in hopes it wouldn’t be lifted and broken by winds that are forecast to reach up to 145 km/h. “We’re trying to make the boats as safe a
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People along the east coast from Florida to Nova Scotia are preparing for Hurricane Fiona to strike. The storm has strengthened to a category 4 hurricane, and the people in its sights are preparing best as they can.
Environment Canada has issued a frost warning for much of southern Ontario and some parts of the north. The agency says temperatures are expected to fall near the freezing mark overnight. It advises residents to cover up fruit trees and vegetable plants that could be damaged by the frost. The advisory stretches across southern Ontario from Cornwall, all the way west to Dufferin County and north to Algonquin Provincial Park. Parts of northeastern Ontario, including the Greater Sudbury area and No
Bermuda’s government urged people to stay off the roads after Hurricane Fiona passed the island on Friday, September 23.Bermuda’s Hurricane Warning had been downgraded to a Tropical Storm Warning, but heavy rain and gusty winds would continue Friday, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.The National Hurricane Center said the storm was moving away from Bermuda and had strengthened slightly on its way toward Canada on Friday.Bill Davidson said he filmed this footage on Friday at John Smith’s Bay. Credit: Bill Davidson via Storyful
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As people in Atlantic Canada prepared Friday for the imminent arrival of Fiona, some weather experts were studying past hurricanes and storms to gain insight on what could be coming. Chris Fogarty, lead meteorologist and program manager at the Canadian Hurricane Centre, said meteorologists often like to look back at historical events when preparing forecasts. "We want to see if we can compare (an incoming hurricane) with past events to give people an idea of what we're going to see," said Fogart
A small dog had a loud reaction upon seeing an uprooted tree in the aftermath of Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, on September 24.Video recorded by Angela Dunnett shows her 3-year-old ‘guard dog’ Gizmo pulling on her leash and yapping at the underside of an uprooted tree.“Took him out first thing this morning and this was his first reaction to the trees that fell over,” Dunnett told Storyful. “I never noticed at first but the tree looks like a big dog.”On Saturday morning, Nova Scotia Power said the storm has caused “significant damage” across the province, citing “uprooted trees, broken poles and downed power lines.” Credit: Angela Dunnett via Storyful
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Atlantic Canadians are beginning to feel the fury of Hurricane Fiona, continuing to prepare for the full brunt of what’s expected to be a 'historic extreme event' for Eastern Canada.
STORY: Pakistani farmer Mumtaz Ali and his family are finally returning to what is left of their flooded-ravaged home.They haven't been back in weeks, having been forced to flee when the deadly deluge hit. As he unloaded his belongings from a tractor, Ali told Reuters he still had to wade through ankle-deep waters to get to his property.“When the flood waters approached, we left the village and found a place to live near a dyke. Our life was miserable in a make-shift tent there. There was a lot of traffic that caused so much disturbance, which we villagers are not used to. But, thank God, we returned home after the water receded, about a month later. Our houses were destroyed as you can see. But this is a blessing of Allah, that my family and I can return home.”Ali lives in the Taj Mohammad village in Sindh, the province hardest-hit by the disaster.In total, the floods have so far killed almost 1,600 people.The national disaster agency said earlier this month that about 637,000 displaced people were being housed in tent villages. Adding that the raging waters had swept away 1.6 million houses, over 3,500 miles of road and railway, and inundated over two million acres of farmland. The cost of the damage is estimated to be around $30 billion.Though glad to be home, Ali fears the cracked walls of his damaged house could cave in at anytime.Finding a source of income is also a worry – though he did manage to save his livestock from the floods.“It is Allah who gives sustenance. I will sell my cows to earn a living. We are farmers. We don’t know when the farming will start. You can see how much water is still there. For God’s sake, someone tell the government to flush this water out so that we can return to work to earn a living for our children.”Authorities say the stagnant floodwaters could take up to six months to recede.U.N. agencies have begun work to assess the South Asian nation's reconstruction needs, after it received nearly 190% more rain than its usual 30-year average in July and August.
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Hurricane Fiona caused dangerous storm swells and surf for parts of the northeastern United States coastline as the storm continued on its path northward to Canada on September 23, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.Blair Perkins said he captured this footage near Madaket Beach in Nantucket, Massachusetts, on Friday.The National Weather Service (NWS) warned that the large waves could “become a hazard to anyone viewing the large surf from rocks, jetties, and any other near-shore structures,” and encouraged any spectators to watch a safe distance from shore. Credit: Blair Perkins via Storyful
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Half of Puerto Rico is without power more than five days after Hurricane Fiona struck — including an entire town where not a single work crew has arrived. Many on the U.S. territory are angry and incredulous, and calls are growing for the ouster of the island's private electricity transmission and distribution company. Many are questioning why it is taking so long to restore power since Fiona was a Category 1 storm that did not affect the entire island, and whose rain — not wind — inflicted the greatest damage.
On Monday, a JetBlue flight reportedly traveled above Hurricane Fiona in an unusual flight path. The plane flew at 30,000 to 34,000 feet, as storm clouds reached 45,000 feet.
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