Hurricane Fiona Slams Nova Scotia and Becomes Strongest Storm in Canadian History

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Some residents in Port aux Basques have been forced to flee and some have lost their homes. State of emergency has been declared.

Towns in Cape Breton and on Newfoundland’s southern coast declared states of emergency on Saturday as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever strike Eastern Canada — continued to lash the region.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth, N.S., said Fiona set an unofficial record for the lowest-ever barometric pressure for a tropical storm making landfall in Canada. The recorded pressure at Hart Island was 931.6 millibars.

Hurricane-force winds extended up to 175 miles out from Fiona's center while tropical-storm-force winds reached up to 405 miles out as of 8 a.m. ET, according to the NHC.

Powerful storm Fiona slams into eastern Canada with heavy winds

The National Hurricane Center said the center of the storm, now called Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, was crossing eastern Nova Scotia, bringing high winds and heavy rains.

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