Fiona knocks out power with strong winds in Atlantic Canada

Strong rain and winds are lashing the Atlantic Canada region as Fiona hits as a powerful post-tropical cyclone Canadian forecasters are warning it could be one of the most severe storms in the country s history Fiona made landfall in Nova Scotia before dawn Saturday after transforming from a hurricane into a post-tropical cyclone Forecasters caution that despite the change Fiona still could have hurricane-strength winds and will bring drenching rains and huge waves More than 500 000 customers in Atlantic Canada are affected by outages

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