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CP NewsAlert: RCMP confirm woman swept to sea in N.L. as Fiona’s first fatality

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Georgina Scott surveys the damage on her street in Halifax as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday, September 24, 2022.
Georgina Scott surveys the damage on her street in Halifax as post tropical storm Fiona continues to batter the Maritimes on Saturday, September 24, 2022. Photo by Darren Calabrese /The Canadian Press

Police in western Newfoundland have recovered the body of a woman who was swept out to sea at the height of post-tropical storm Fiona.

RCMP say the 73-year-old woman’s body was found Sunday afternoon, more than 24 hours after she was reported missing from the storm-ravaged community of Port aux Basques, N.L.

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The Mounties previously said the woman went missing after a massive wave struck her home and tore away part of the basement.

Her name has not been released.

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