“What I was so surprised about is how long the tropical storm to hurricane force winds occurred and a lot of places in Cape Breton Island and southwest and western Newfoundland, those hurricane to near-hurricane force winds lasted for more than eight hours,” he said. Kottlowski says the strength of the winds was not the only major reason for the damage left behind, but it was also its staying power. Fiona: Watch storm wash homes away in Newfoundland.Winds in Newfoundland were also extremely strong, particularly in Wreckhouse where wind speeds of up to 177 km/h were recorded, while in Port aux Basques, where nearby homes were washed away in a storm surge, there were reported gales of 114 km/h. Paul Island and Halifax, ranging from 111 km/h to 158 km/h. The CHC also reported wind gusts across Nova Scotia, including Sydney, St. “We've never seen a storm with that low of pressure ever, from what we've been able to measure out throughout history,” Kottlowski said in a phone interview with CTVNews.ca on Monday. Early data from Environment Canada’s Hurricane Centre (CHC) indicate the storm’s pressure in Nova Scotia’s Hart Island reached 932.7 millibars and 932.8 millibars in East Chedabucto Bay.ĭan Kottlowksi, meteorologist and lead hurricane forecaster at Accuweather says this was a new record for Canada, which had only previously reached a low of 940.2 millibars. Extreme weather events often have a low pressure field in the north and east sections of a storm, which in turn strengthens the wind. The strong and long-lasting winds were enough to break a new record in Canada’s history of storm pressure. Reports coming in from Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, P.E.I, Iles-de-la-Madeleine and New Brunswick included strong wind gusts, record breaking storm pressure and thousands of residents left without power.Īs recovery efforts continue and the provinces assess the storm’s damage, CTVNews.ca looks at the data behind the destruction. Fiona left an impressionable mark on Canada’s east coast as the category 4 hurricane turned post-tropical cyclone storm made landfall over the weekend.
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