t will take several months for Atlantic Canada to restore critical infrastructure, officials said. Find out more.
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Blair said the sheer size of the area hit by winds and rain differentiates this storm: Labrador and Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Quebec were all hammered in places. There was no estimate of the dollar value of the damages, but Transportation Canada planes were surveilling the region and Canadian Armed Forces had been deployed. Meanwhile, the storm winds had diminished significantly, and it was moving out to sea above Labrador.
“We’re hearing from a lot of people whose homes have been damaged, and from mayors reporting, significant impacts on their communities,” said Blair. “We’re prioritizing hydro restoration, making sure everybody is safe, and that people have access those critical services that they need for health and food, and utilities.”
But she added that Fiona had wind diameters that measured 600 kilometres, making it far larger in scale than anything in recent history: The eye of the storm landed closest to Cape Breton, and swept through all of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, which because it is a contained area, caused water levels to rise.
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