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Sep 23 5 tweets 2 min read
The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Hurricane Fiona will make landfall in eastern Nova Scotia as a powerful post-tropical storm early Saturday. Forecasters warn its effects will be felt across a swath of eastern Canada. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
Hurricane Fiona is expected to be bigger than Hurricane Juan, the 2003 storm that pummeled Nova Scotia.

"It is certainly going to be a historic, extreme event for Atlantic Canada," said meteorologist Bob Robichaud. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
While New Brunswick will take a break from the rain on Friday, most of Nova Scotia and P.E.I. will see periods of rain as a cold front stalls across the eastern Maritimes. #HurricaneFiona

Here's what to expect Friday overnight and into Saturday. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
On a tiny slip of an island in the Atlantic Ocean, four people and a few hundred horses will be weathering Hurricane Fiona. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is delaying a trip to Japan as Hurricane Fiona is set to make landfall on the East Coast early Saturday. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

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The mayor and council of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality have declared a state of local emergency, as post-tropical storm Fiona has knocked out power to thousands, roads are closed by fallen trees and buildings are damaged. cbc.ca/1.6594429
Tens of thousands of Maritime Electric customers are without power in P.E.I. as Fiona continues to pound Atlantic Canada, with wind gusts on the Island hitting 150 km/h and almost 100 mm of rain down. cbc.ca/1.6593762
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