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Hurricane "Fiona" hits Canada: "Images of destruction" on the east coast

2022-09-25T10:28:18.095Z


Homes torn away, hundreds of thousands of people without electricity: Hurricane Fiona caused severe damage on Canada's east coast.


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Building overturned by »Fiona« on the way to Canada in Bermuda

Photo: Akil Simmons / dpa

With heavy rainfall and storm surges, hurricane "Fiona" caused severe damage along Canada's east coast.

A state of emergency has been declared in some areas.

Hundreds of thousands of people were without power.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced rapid aid for the affected regions.

The military should also be used in the clean-up work.

The coastal town of Port aux Basques in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador was badly affected, where several houses were torn away by high waves.

The police had previously instructed residents to leave the danger zones.

The town's mayor, Brian Button, said on Facebook there were pictures of the destruction everywhere.

Also in the province of Nova Scotia, the storm covered roofs, collapsed power poles and trees and flooded streets.

Provincial Premier Tim Houston said nearly three-quarters of residents were without power.

However, it is still too early to estimate the extent of the damage.

According to the website "Poweroutage.com", more than 400,000 customers in the affected provinces were without electricity on Saturday evening (local time).

As a so-called post-tropical storm, "Fiona" hit land in Nova Scotia with wind speeds of up to 148 kilometers per hour, according to the Canadian hurricane center.

Due to climate change, there are not more tropical cyclones per year overall, but there are more powerful and destructive such storms.

"Fiona" passed the British overseas territory of Bermuda on Friday as a hurricane in the second strongest category.

"Fiona" made landfall in Puerto Rico last weekend as a category one of five hurricane, causing flooding and severe damage.

Meanwhile, the next strong storm was already forming in the Caribbean.

He was christened "Ian" and was traveling in the central Caribbean on Saturday with sustained wind speeds of up to 75 kilometers per hour, as the US hurricane center NHC announced.

It is expected that "Ian" will gain strength and become a hurricane late on Sunday (local time) or on Monday night near the Cayman Islands.

The tropical storm is expected to pass Jamaica on Sunday and approach the Cayman Islands and western Cuba.

The expected large amounts of rain could cause flash floods.

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Source: spiegel

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