Folks across the Maritimes can expect high winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding from rough seas and storm surge through the day on Saturday before the storm moves into Newfoundland and Labrador. A widespread, record-breaking number of power outages will continue piling up through Saturday as Fiona’s strong winds stress trees and power lines to their breaking point. Everything east of the town hall is under an emergency evacuation order due to post-tropical storm Fiona. These power outages could last for days in hardest-hit parts of Nova Scotia and P.E.I., causing a major disruption to day-to-day life. A high danger for rip currents will exist through the weekend at just about every beach along the East Coast as a result of the high waves.

Source: CBC News September 24, 2022 19:05 UTC