‘It’s Like Walking Through a War Zone’: Atlantic Canada Mops Up After Fiona’s Fury

Lost and damaged homes, downed trees, and power outages just part of the devastation wrought by post-tropical storm

A firefighter examines damage to a home in Port aux Basques, N.L., on Sept. 26, 2022. The Canadian Press/Frank Gunn

The mood was sombre in Channel-Port aux Basques on Sept. 27.

In the wake of the devastation wrought by post-tropical storm Fiona, torn bits of walls and the roofs of houses blown into the waters of Cabot Strait still lined the shore of this small southwestern Newfoundland and Labrador community.