The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Fiona should reach Canada as a “large and powerful post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.”
CAGUAS, Puerto Rico — Hurricane Fiona transformed into a post-tropical cyclone late Friday, but meteorologists warned it could still bring hurricane-strength wind, heavy rain and big waves to the Atlantic Canada region and had the potential to be one of the most severe storms in the country’s history.
The U.S. center said Fiona had maximum sustained winds of 105 mph late Friday. It was centered about 140 miles southeast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, heading north at 46 mph . “It’s going to a bad one,” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said. “We of course hope there won’t be much needed, but we feel there probably will be. And we will be there for that. In the meantime we encourage everyone to stay safe and to listen to the instructions of local authorities and hang in there for the next 24 hours.”
Fiona so far has been blamed for at least five deaths — two in Puerto Rico, two in the Dominican Republic and one in the French island of Guadeloupe.
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