Fiona, a Category 4 hurricane at press time, is forecast to pass west of Bermuda before making landfall on or around Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia on Saturday morning as a Category 2 hurricane, with sustained winds of up to 215 km/h. time . Dozens of communities in Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec are currently under a tropical storm or hurricane watch, according to Environment Canada. Most affected areas are expected to see wind speeds in excess of 100 km/h, with gusts up to 140 km/h in eastern Nova Scotia, Cape Breton and parts of Prince Edward Island. Waves off Nova Scotia could rise to heights of more than 10 meters. The hurricane is expected to continue towards western Newfoundland, becoming a “metatropical storm”, before reaching Labrador and bringing heavy rainfall. Possible snowfall for the province as well. Southwest Newfoundland and eastern Nova Scotia could see up to 200 inches of rain by Sunday morning. Hurricane Fiona left more than half a million people without water in the US territory of Puerto Rico, as well as most residents without power. Fiona then struck the Dominican Republic and passed the Turks and Caicos Islands as it strengthened into a Category 4 storm. With files from CTV News and The Canadian Press
