The federal government promises to mobilize all necessary resources to help the provinces affected by storm Fiona.
<q data-attributes=""lang":"value":"fr","label":"Français","value":"html":"Canadians think of all those affected by Hurricane Fiona, which is having devastating effects in the Atlantic provinces and eastern Quebec, particularly the Magdalene Islands. There are people who see their houses destroyed, people who are very worried: we will be there for you“,” text “:” Canadians think of all those affected by Hurricane Fiona, which is having devastating effects in the Atlantic provinces and eastern Quebec, particularly in Îles-de-Madeleine. There are people who see their houses destroyed, people who are very worried – we will be there for you “”> Canadians think of all those affected by Hurricane Fiona, which is having devastating effects in the Atlantic provinces and eastern Quebec, particularly the Magdalene Islands. There are people who see their houses destroyed, people who are very worried: we will be there for you Justin Trudeau said during a press conference on Saturday.
Significant damage
It is a storm that will not soon be forgotten
immediately launched the Premier of Nova Scotia, Tim Houstonat a press conference on Saturday afternoon.
The provincial government asks all citizens of Cape Breton to stay off the streets and call emergency services only if really necessary.
Trees were uprooted from the streets of Halifax.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Adrien Blanc
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Nearly three-quarters of Nova Scotia Power’s customers were still without electricity at 3:30 pm on Friday, or nearly 370,000 homes.
The communication systems were still fragile. Premier Tim Houston also had technical problems during the press conference.
The sad reality is that people who need to hear the information from this press conference today are unable to hear it. Their phone isn’t working, they are out of power, and they can’t access the Internet. I want to make sure people know that we are doing everything we can to reach those who need it most.
the Prime Minister said.
military aid
Due to unfavorable weather conditions and severe damage to the electricity grid, households could be left without electricity for several days. The Nova Scotia government therefore requested the assistance of the armed forces.
We have been in contact with our federal partners and have requested military assistance and disaster relief
Tim Houston said in the afternoon.
” We had the help of the military during Dorian and they were invaluable. This storm is comparable to Dorian’s or even stronger. We know we need help restoring power for all. “
Significant damage to the electricity grid
The CEO of Power of Nova Scotia, Pietro Greggsays the winds caused significant damage to the company’s infrastructure.
We have healthy trees that have been uprooted. So far we have identified hundreds of broken utility poles. We believe we will find more during our damage assessment. There are also large trees that have fallen and that restrict access to several locations in the province.
explained to M. Gregg.
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The damage to the electricity grid is extensive in Nova Scotia, as seen in this photo taken in Sydney.
Photo: Radio-Canada / Michèle Brideau
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The weather was still too dangerous on Friday afternoon to do some work. However, Power of Nova Scotia claims that 900 workers on the ground are busy cutting down trees and removing wires that have fallen on the road network.
During the storm, these teams were also able to restore power to over 60,000 customers.
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