Hurricane Fiona

Naomi and Tyler Wheeler have lived through a pandemic, wildfires, heat waves, minor earthquakes and most recently a post-tropical storm that laid waste to huge swaths of Atlantic Canada.

Towns in Cape Breton and on Newfoundland's southern coast declared states of emergency on Saturday, September 24, 2022, as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever strike Eastern Canada — continued to lash the region.

The Cape Breton Regional Municipality has declared a state of emergency as post-tropical storm Fiona — one of the strongest storms to ever strike Canada's East Coast — continues to lash the island.

Hurricane Fiona will land in Atlantic Canada late Friday and early Saturday and is expected to bring “strong winds, heavy rain and storm surges [that] can cause power outages, flooding and significant damage,” according to the province of Nova Scotia.

More than a half million people in Puerto Rico remained without water service three days after Hurricane Fiona slammed into the U.S. territory, and many spent hours in lines on Wednesday, September 21, 2022, to fill jugs from water trucks while others scooped water from mountain runoff.

Environment Canada says the storm could churn out damaging gusts, coastal storm surges and pounding rain as it merges with a low-pressure trough and transforms into a powerful post-tropical storm on Saturday.

The Category 3 storm devastated Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift survivors to safety.