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September 26, 2022

Remnants of Hurricane Fiona Carve Path of Destruction in Eastern Canada
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In Canada, Hurricane Fiona crashed into Nova Scotia Saturday with
record-setting ferocity, devastating coastal communities with
hurricane-force winds and leaving hundreds of thousands of people in the
dark. Fiona was fueled by anomalously warm ocean surface temperatures
that allowed it to maintain its strength much farther north than usual;
it made landfall with the lowest barometric pressure of any storm ever
observed in Canada. In Newfoundland, the mayor of Port aux Basques said
Fiona had left the seaside town looking "like a war zone," with at least
one person missing and presumed dead after her home was washed out to
sea. This is Nova Scotia's premier, Tim Houston.

Premier Tim Houston: "We know that the climate is changing for sure.
We're seeing - you know, look around the world. You're seeing fires,
storms. Certainly this is a historic storm for this province. There's no
question about that. The damage is significant. But right now - the
priority right now is getting power back to people, getting people a
safe shelter, getting, you know, some return to normal. That will take
time."



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