The ‘historic’ storm was forecasted to bring in 100 to 200 millimetres of rain across much of Atlantic Canada and eventually eastern Quebec
. The Canadian Hurricane Centre said it recorded an unofficial pressure of 931.6 millibars this morning, which made it the lowest pressure for a landfalling storm on record in Canada and spoke to the severity of the weather.
In Halifax, the streets were littered with uprooted trees, power poles snapped in pieces, and draping power lines. The loud hum of generators filled the air as homeowners prepared for days without electricity. “It was hard to sleep last night knowing a tree is resting against the side of the house. It is being suspended in part by a Nova Scotia Power wire, or maybe a few branches,” said Mr. Inch, who has two young children.Nova Scotia Power is predicting lengthy outages from Hurricane Fiona. There are more than 400,000 customers without power across the province.
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