A house battles strong winds from post-tropical cyclone Fiona in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. The house has since been lost at sea.
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Updated at 08:46 GMT (1646 HKT) on September 25, 2022
A house battles strong winds from post-tropical cyclone Fiona in Port aux Basques, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. The house has since been lost at sea.
Rene Roy/AP
Hurricane Fiona, now known as a post-tropical cyclone, made landfall in Nova Scotia early Saturday, battering the region with heavy rain, flooding and strong winds.
“This could be a historic event for Canada in terms of tropical cyclone intensity,” and could even become Canada’s version of Superstorm Sandy, the director of the Center for Canadian Hurricanes, Chris Fogarty. In 2012, Sandy affected 24 states and the entire eastern seaboard, causing an estimated $78.7 billion in damage.
Fiona weakened slightly to a Category 2 storm on Friday, but is still expected to bring damaging storm surge, heavy rain and strong winds. Fiona had strengthened to a Category 4 storm after tearing through the Caribbean.