Fiona, who nearly a week ago devastated parts of the Caribbeanlanded between Canso and GuysboroughNova Scotia, where the Canadian Hurricane Center claimed to have recorded what could have been the storm with the lowest barometric pressure that has made landfall in the history of the country.
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Around the 79% of customers, 414,000 people, were Without eleectricity in Nova Scotia, and the 95%Some 82,000 had lost power on Prince Edward Island, utilities said. Mobile phone service in the region was also irregular. And police throughout the region reported multiple road closures.
The storm weakened somewhat as it moved north. At 1200 GMT, it was over the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, about 340 km northeast of Halifax, with maximum winds of 140 kilometers per hour and moving north about 37kphaccording to the CNH.
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The experts predicted strong winds, storm surges and heavy rain because of Fiona. The storm is forecast to gradually weaken but is expected to maintain gale force winds through Saturday afternoonaffirmed the CNH.
Fiona hit the Caribbean islands earlier in the week, killing at least eight people and leaving without electricity practically all of the 3.3 million inhabitants of Puerto Rico during a sweltering heat wave. Nearly a million people were still without power five days later.
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For his part, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeaudelayed his departure from Saturday to Japan, where he was to attend the funeral of the former prime minister, Shinzo Abeto receive information and support the government’s emergency response, the press secretary announced on Twitter, cecely roy.
A hurricane warning was in effect for much of central Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, home to more than 150,000 peopleand parts of Newfoundlandthe Miami-based CNH said.
The Canadian authorities sent emergency alerts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, warning of severe flooding along the coasts and extremely dangerous waves. Residents of coastal areas were advised to they will evacuate.
While the two largest airlines in the country, Air Canada and WestJet AirlinesThey suspended regional service starting Friday night.
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“The storm could prove fiercer than the Hurricane Juan in 2003 and the Hurricane Dorian in 2019“, admitted the meteorologist of the Canadian Hurricane Center, Bob Robichaudin an information session.
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