In photos: Post-tropical storm Fiona makes landfall in Atlantic provinces on Saturday
Post-tropical storm Fiona arrived in Nova Scotia early Saturday morning. The Canadian Hurricane Centre tweeted early Saturday that Fiona is the lowest pressured land falling storm on record in Canada. In an early update, the centre said Fiona was expected to pass through Cape Breton in the morning, and then reach the Quebec Lower North Shore and Southeastern Labrador by late evening.
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Pedestrians survey the damage in Sydney, N.S. as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday.Vaughan Merchant/The Canadian Press
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Youth hostel Paradis Bleu is surrounded by high water caused by post-tropical storm Fiona on Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC, Saturday, Sept. 24.nigel quinn/The Canadian Press
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Power lines cover a patio in downtown Sydney, N.S., after the remnants of post-tropical storm Fiona swept through the Maritimes on Saturday.CHRIS DONOVAN/The New York Times News Service
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A fallen tree rest against downed power lines and a home after post-tropical storm Fiona hit Sydney, N.S. on Saturday.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Residents of Shediac, N.B stand in flood waters following the passing of post-tropical storm Fiona. on Sept. 24.GREG LOCKE/Reuters
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A fallen tree crushed a pickup truck following the passing of post-tropical storm Fiona, in Halifax on SaturdayTED PRITCHARD/Reuters
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Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) workers clear tree debris from downed power lines on Victoria Road in Halifax Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) workers clear tree debris from downed power lines on Victoria Road in Halifax on Sept. 24, 2022.Communications Nova Scotia/Handout
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A man clears fallen tree limbs and debris from his street as post tropical storm Fiona causes widespread damage in Halifax on Saturday.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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A dog walks amidst a collapsed brick facade from an apartment building that spilled into a residential backyard in Halifax following post-tropical storm Fiona on Saturday.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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A tree is left uprooted along a sidewalk after post-tropical storm Fiona swept through Sydney, N.S. on September 24.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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High winds ripped the power line mast from a house on Victoria Road in Halifax on Sept. 24, 2022.Communications Nova Scotia/Handout
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Post-tropical storm Fiona strikes Port aux Basque, Newfoundland on Saturday, Sept. 24. Courtesy of Wreckhouse Press.Wreckhouse Press
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Highway crews clean debris caused by post-tropical storm Fiona from roads in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC on Saturday.nigel quinn/The Canadian Press
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Vehicles navigate around a downed tree from post-tropical Storm Fiona on Sept. 24 in East Bay, on Cape Breton Island, N.S.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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A snapped power line pole hangs over a street in Sydney, Nova Scotia, after the remnants of post-tropical storm Fiona on Saturday.CHRIS DONOVAN/The New York Times News Service
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High winds batter Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday, as post-tropical storm Fiona hit Nova Scotia in the early hours, knocking out power and disrupting travel across the region.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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Damage to chalets caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in la Martinique on Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, QC, Saturday, Sept. 24.nigel quinn/The Canadian Press
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A sailboat lies washed up on shore is left in the aftermath of post-tropical storm Fiona, in Shearwater, N.S. on Saturday.ERIC MARTYN/Reuters
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Cathy Simpkins of Moncton walks through flood waters to check her RV following the passing of post-tropical storm Fiona in Shediac, N.B. on Saturday.GREG LOCKE/Reuters
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People work to drag a fallen tree limb from their street as post tropical storm Fiona causes widespread damage in Halifax on Saturday.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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Post-tropical storm Fiona strikes Port aux Basque, Newfoundland on Saturday, Sept. 24. Courtesy of Wreckhouse Press.Wreckhouse Press
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Georgina Scott surveys the damage on her street in Halifax as post-tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday, Sept. 24.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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A sailboat lies washed up on shore following the passing of post-tropical storm Fiona, in Shearwater, N.S., on Saturday.ERIC MARTYN/Reuters
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Ian Livingstone surveys the damage to his house from a fallen tree Saturday morning in Halifax, amid post-tropical storm Fiona.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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Post-tropical storm Fiona strikes Port aux Basque, Newfoundland on Saturday, Sept. 24. Courtesy of Wreckhouse Press.Wreckhouse Press
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An arborist works to clear fallen trees and downed wires from damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in Halifax on Saturday.Darren Calabrese/The Canadian Press
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Fallen trees lean against a house in Sydney, N.S. as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday.Vaughan Merchant/The Canadian Press
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Waves pound the shore in Eastern Passage, N.S. on Saturday.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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Fallen trees are littered around a residential area in in Charlottetown, P.E.I. as post-tropical storm Fiona continued to lash the region on Saturday, Sept. 24.Brian McInnis /The Canadian Press
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Post-tropical storm Fiona strikes Port aux Basque, Newfoundland on Saturday, Sept. 24. Courtesy of Wreckhouse Press.Wreckhouse Press/Handout
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Vehicles pass under a fallen tree caused by post-tropical storm Fiona in Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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A man flies a kite along the Canso Causeway as wind and rain from Post-Tropical Storm Fiona hit the region on September 24, 2022 in Port Hastings, N.S.Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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Police block lanes of traffic as both Halifax harbour bridges were closed in Dartmouth, N.S. on Saturday, Sept. 24.Andrew Vaughan/The Canadian Press
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Pedestrians survey the damage in Sydney, N.S. as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday, Sept. 24.Vaughan Merchant/The Canadian Press
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This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellite image of post-tropical storm Fiona over eastern Canada, on September 24, 2022, at 13:50UTC.HANDOUT/AFP/Getty Images