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Canadian Port aux Basques the day after the storm: Hurricane Fiona has moved on, leaving behind: devastation.
Greg Cook, Volunteer Fire Department:
"Absolute chaos, it's the most surreal experience of my life.
I've never seen anything like it.
We watched a house over here get completely ripped off its foundations by a wave.
And behind me, right where we're standing now, there was a house that's completely gone now.
We could see this house just disappear.”
With wind speeds of up to 170 kilometers per hour, the hurricane reached Canada's east coast over the weekend.
In the province of Nova Scotia, Fiona uncovered roofs and knocked down power poles and trees.
Waves up to 12 meters high and heavy rain flooded the streets.
Two people died and hundreds of thousands were without power.
More than 200 people have lost their homes in the coastal town of Port aux Basques.
Tonnie Hoskins, resident:
“On the day of the actual storm, my family and I were at our home, which is quite a distance from shore.
We saw big waves crashing on these two houses of my neighbors here which are now destroyed.
But the big waves also hit our house with full force.«
Emergency services and residents began cleaning up on Sunday.
The next strong storm is already brewing in the Caribbean - named Ian.
Because of the climate crisis, tropical cyclones are not occurring more frequently, but they are stronger and more destructive.
