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Canada: Cyclone “Fiona” rages – hundreds of thousands without electricity

Cyclone “Fiona” hit the east coast of Canada with heavy rain and hurricane winds. As a so-called post-tropical storm, it hit land in the province of Nova Scotia on Saturday morning (local time) with wind speeds increasing to 148 kilometers per hour, as announced by the Canadian hurricane center.

Hundreds of thousands in Canada with no electricity: gusts of wind at 161 kilometers per hour

Wind gusts of 161 kilometers per hour have been measured on Beaver Island, about 60 kilometers west of the provincial capital Halifax, he said. The hurricane center warned of storm surges in parts of Nova Scotia, northern Gulf of St Lawrence and western Newfoundland.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Nova Scotia temporarily lost their electricity Saturday morning, according to electricity supplier Nova Scotia Power. According to the local electricity supplier, there have also been tens of thousands of outages in the nearby province of Prince Edward Island. Police in the provincial capital Charlottetown posted photos of fallen trees and power poles on Twitter.

According to media reports, at least two died from Hurricane “Fiona”

“Fiona” overtook the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda on Friday as a hurricane in the second strongest category. “Fiona” landed in Puerto Rico last weekend as a category one of five hurricanes, causing floods and severe damage. The storm also caused flooding, damage and, according to media reports, at least two deaths in the Dominican Republic.

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