Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada said yesterday the Canadian military will be deployed to help Nova Scotia recover from damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona. The Prime Minister also told reporters in a press conference Saturday afternoon that he would “of course” no longer be embarking on a previously scheduled trip to Japan for the state funeral of Shinzo Abe, who was killed in July.
Fiona made landfall in Nova Scotia early on Saturday as a post-tropical storm. Hundreds of thousands of people across Atlantic Canada are currently without power after the storm downed countless trees and power lines, and in some communities flooded out homes.
Some residents have been forced to flee and some have lost their homes as Fiona cuts through parts of Atlantic Canada.
Premiers said the priority is returning power to thousands of people without it on Saturday.
Trudeau also said the federal government would, for the next 30 days, match Red Cross donations from Canadians to help those who had experienced a “terrifying 12 hours.”
He also said he would visit affected communities when it was responsible to do so.
And while the storm clouds have passed over New Brunswick, the cleanup from post-tropical storm Fiona has just begun. Many people began Sunday morning in the dark.
