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Fiona slams Canada's Atlantic coast, knocking out power for thousands and damaging homes

From cnn.com

Hurricane-strength Fiona is ripping through Canada's eastern seaboard after making landfall in Nova Scotia early Saturday, slamming the area with fierce rain and winds and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands in what could be a "landmark" weather event for the country. Fiona, now a post-tropical cyclone, had maximum sustained winds of 80 mph -- the power of a Category 1 hurricane -- around 11 a.m. ET Saturday, with its center over the Gulf of St. Lawrence and heading toward eastern Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, the US National Hurricane Center said. The storm has wiped out power to most of Nova ... (full story)

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