Officials across Eastern Canada set to begin assessing full scope of storm damage

n”,”heading”:””,”fullWindow”:false,”fullBleed”:false,”showFullBleedOnMobile”:false,”headColor”:””,”type”:”html5mobile”,”textColor”:””,”mobileImageUrl”:””,”bgColor”:””,”imageUrl”:””,”registeredOnly”:false,”linkUrl”:””,”aodaTitle”:”Twitter updates”,”internalScroll”:false,”displayStyle”:”small-up”},{“type”:”articleRelatedInlinePrimary”},{“text”:”Photos posted Sunday from Port aux Basques show homes and outbuildings smashed or submerged on the shoreline, the result of a storm surge that raised water levels to a record high and swamped a residential neighbourhood on Saturday around 10 a.m.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”Mayor Brian Button said the damage to the town of 4,000 was worse than first thought.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:””The weather may have cleared, but the situation has not cleared at all,” he said via Facebook. “This is not a one day, we can all go back to normal. Unfortunately, this is going to take days, could take weeks, could take months in some places.””,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:”By late Sunday afternoon, about 340,000 residents of Atlantic Canada had spent their second day without electricity.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“type”:”slimcut”},{“text”:”In Nova Scotia, Premier Tim Houston surveyed some of the hardest hit areas of Cape Breton, where Fiona’s wrath left many homes badly damaged. Arriving in Glace Bay aboard a helicopter, Houston spoke outside a car wash that had collapsed onto a nearby house.”,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“text”:””We know there are a lot of people … that don’t have any place to go,” he said. “Just driving around and seeing the damage, it’s difficult to see.” “,”type”:”text”,”isParagraph”:true,”isHeading”:false},{“type”:”ad”,”heading”:”ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW”,”name”:”ArticleThirdBigBox”,”display”:”medium-down”,”pos”:”3″,”interstitial”:true,”sizes”:[[300,250]]},{“captionPosition”:”overlay”,”origImageSize”:”1200×800″,”cropthumb”:”0,0,1200,800″,”fullWindowGenericImage”:false,”lastmodified”:1664107271226,”forceoriginal”:false,”caption”:”Vehicles turn around as trees and downed power lines…
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