After Fiona: residents of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec survey extensive damage
As Fiona descended on Port aux Basques on Saturday, churning out 130-kilometre-per-hour wind gusts, police received reports that two women had been pulled into the ocean as their homes collapsed under the weight of an invading surge. One woman was rescued by local residents, but RCMP confirmed on Sunday that the second woman had died after being swept out to sea.
By late Sunday afternoon, about 340,000 residents of Atlantic Canada had spent their second day without electricity. Despite downed trees, washed-out roads and widespread power outages, some Cape Breton residents decided to carry on with milestone events on Sunday. On the north shore of Prince Edward Island, another area ravaged by Fiona, lobster buyer Leigh Misener pointed to what was once his office on the Covehead Wharf."That’s our building," Misener said with a laugh."Stop by anytime."
"The magnitude and the severity of the damage is beyond anything that we've seen in our province's history," he told an online briefing Sunday, adding all Island schools would be closed Monday."Efforts have already begun to clean up, but this will take a herculean effort by thousands of people." "Our first priority right now, of course, is the restoration of power and utilities and to open up those roadways so that we can get those essential supplies to the people that are going to need them," he said.
In Halifax, a director with Nova Scotia's Emergency Management Office, Jason Mew, told a news conference that Nova Scotians should"hunker down," keep roads clear and limit gas consumption to only what they need.
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