Hurricane Fiona Knocks Out Power Supply In Canada

Hurricane Fiona has knocked out power supply in eastern Canada, damaging homes with strong winds and rain.

Of 415,000 Nova Scotia Power customers, about 80 per cent were affected by outages on Saturday.

More than 82,000 customers in the province of Prince Edward Island were also without power, while in New Brunswick 44,329 were without electricity.

Amanda McDougall, mayor of Cape Breton Regional Municipality said; “There is a lot of damage to belongings and structures but no injuries to people as of this point.

"Again, we’re still in the midst of this.

“It’s still terrifying. I’m just sitting here in my living room and it feels like the patio doors are going to break in with those big gusts. It’s loud and it is shocking.”

The Canadian Hurricane Centre also said on Saturday that Fiona has the lowest pressure ever recorded for a storm making landfall in Canada.

Forecasters had warned it could be one of the most powerful storms to hit the country.