Hurricane Fiona’s trail of destruction from the Caribbean to Canada
Tropical storm Fiona formed in the Atlantic in mid-September and grew into a hurricane by September 18. It flooded communities across several Caribbean nations including Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Guadeloupe. The flash flooding and strong winds knocked out all of Puerto Rico’s electric grid and shut down running water for more than half of the island.
Fiona traveled up to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in Canada as a post-tropical cyclone at the end of September. The storm made landfall over the coast with sustained wind speeds of 165 miles per hour (265 kilometers per hour), according to the Canadian Hurricane Centre. Coastal communities experienced power outages, destroyed homes, and flooding.
