People across Atlantic Canada are beginning to assess damage and clean up after Post-Tropical Storm Fiona swept across the region on Saturday.
As of 9 a.m., Fiona’s remnants are southeast of Labrador and have merged with a trough, a long region of low atmospheric pressure.
According to Environment Canada, Fiona spent the early hours of Sunday morning moving inland in southeastern Quebec as a post-tropical storm. It is expected to dissipate over the Labrador Sea.
The agency said winds were 80 km/h and all wind warnings associated with the storm have ended.
In Newfoundland, some houses were washed away or flattened, others were flooded, roads were washed away and people were evacuated. The damage was most shocking in Port aux Basques, where blocks and debris were strewn throughout the community.
On Sunday morning, CBC meteorologist Ashley Brauweiler said that while the winds in Port aux Basques were significant, most of the damage was caused by the storm surge.
In Nova Scotia, hundreds of thousands of people were without power on Sunday and the Canadian Armed Forces have been called in to help restore power. Two Cape Breton municipalities declared a state of emergency. The fastest winds have reached 171 km/ha Arisaig, north of Antigonish.
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Ottawa has also approved Nova Scotia’s request for disaster assistance funding to help municipalities repair damaged infrastructure and to help individuals and small businesses pay for uninsured losses.
In Prince Edward Island, winds reached 150 km/h, nearly 100 millimeters of rain fell, homes and businesses were damaged and flooded, and at one point about 95 percent of customers of Maritime Electric had lost power.
Charlottetown residents are now being asked to stay off the roads and shelter in place after the storm barreled over the island.
In New Brunswick, roads flooded, a bridge was destroyed and tens of thousands were without power. Residents are also being asked to stay away from dangerous and storm-ravaged areas.
Power outages were still widespread Sunday morning, with more than 375,000 customers in the dark across the four Atlantic provinces, including nearly 272,000 in Nova Scotia.