Police in western Newfoundland have recovered the body of a woman who was swept out to sea at the height of post-tropical storm Fiona.
RCMP say the 73-year-old woman's body was found Sunday afternoon, more than 24 hours after she was reported missing from the storm-ravaged community of Port aux Basques, N.L.
The Mounties previously said the woman went missing after a massive wave struck her home and tore away part of the basement.Her death marks the first confirmed fatality connected to the storm that tore through parts of Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec. The affected provinces say they're still assessing storm damage, while hundreds of thousands of residents remain in the dark amid widespread power outages.
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