Hundreds of Thousands Without Power as Fiona Brings Severe Winds, Heavy Rain to Atlantic Canada, Eastern Quebec

A sign in the window of a storefront on the Halifax waterfront is seen ahead of Hurricane Fiona making landfall in Halifax, on Sept. 23, 2022. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

HALIFAX—Hundreds of thousands of customers are without power across Atlantic Canada as post−tropical storm Fiona makes landfall over Nova Scotia’s eastern Guysborough County.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre said early Saturday that Fiona is expected to pass through Cape Breton Saturday morning, and then reach the Quebec Lower North Shore and Southeastern Labrador by late evening.