Canada’s coastal provinces are bracing for winds as high as 100 mph as Hurricane Fiona whips Bermuda and travels north this weekend.
Storm trackers said Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Anticosti Island in Quebec and parts of Newfoundland would be impacted by Saturday.
“Fiona is projected to be a significant and historical weather event for Nova Scotia,” said John Lohr, the minister in charge of the province’s emergency management office, at a briefing. “The storm is expected to bring severe and damaging wind gusts, very high waves and coastal storm surges, intense and dangerous rainfall rates and prolonged power outages.