Ottawa-Sana
Hurricane Fiona hit eastern Canada today with strong winds that caused trees to fall and power outages to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses.
Reuters quoted the Miami-based National Hurricane Center as saying that Hurricane Fiona hit the Gulf of St. Lawrence after passing through Nova Scotia, causing trees and electricity poles to fall and in Prince Edward Island, leaving hundreds of thousands without electricity.
Utilities said Fiona had lost power to nearly 79 percent or 414,000 customers in Nova Scotia and 95 percent or 82,000 in Prince Edward Island, and the area also experienced erratic mobile phone service and several road closures.
The center warned that the hurricane that struck over the Gulf of St. Lawrence, about 340 km northeast of Halifax, carrying winds with a maximum speed of 140 km, is still in force in most areas of central Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, heading north at a speed of about 37 km per hour.
Canadian authorities issued emergency alerts in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island warning of severe flooding along the beaches and extremely dangerous waves, and advised residents in coastal areas to evacuate.
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