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The Canadian Press
HALIFAX — While it’s still too early for overall dollar figures, the economic impact of post-tropical storm Fiona will be substantial for some areas of Atlantic Canada’s economy.
Alex Docherty, a potato farmer in Elmwood, P.E.I., estimates that he is looking at about $500,000 in damage on his farm alone.
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Docherty says three of his equipment storage buildings were destroyed by the storm’s hurricane-force winds, as were the barns of several farmers he knows in his immediate area.
He says the damage comes just as many farmers are getting ready to harvest their potato crops.
In Sydney, N.S., Marlene Usher, the chief executive of the city’s port, says she had to tell three cruise ships today that they shouldn’t come this week.
Usher says that means a total of 12 cruise ships have now cancelled their arrivals because of Fiona for a loss of well over $1 million in revenue to the port and various local businesses.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 26, 2022.
