Hurricane Larry Wipes Out Power, Trees Across St. John’s; People Urged To Stay Home

A satellite image shows Hurricane Larry in the Atlantic Ocean, after passing through the Canadian Maritime province of Newfoundland and Labrador on September 11, 2021. NOAA/Handout via REUTERS

ST. JOHN’S, N.L.—People in eastern Newfoundland woke up Saturday to streets littered with branches and debris, torn and tossed around by the ferocious winds of hurricane Larry.

Larry made landfall as a Category 1 storm just after midnight Friday along the southern coast of the island, bringing sheets of rain and sustained winds of 130 km/h across the Avalon Peninsula, which includes the provincial capital of St. John’s.