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Trudeau in P.E.I. to inspect extensive damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona

Cpl. Owen Donovan of the Cape Breton Highlanders removes brush under the direction of Nova Scotia Power officials along Steeles Hill Road in Glace Bay, N.S., Sept. 26, 2022.
Cpl. Owen Donovan of the Cape Breton Highlanders removes brush under the direction of Nova Scotia Power officials along Steeles Hill Road in Glace Bay, N.S., Sept. 26, 2022. Photo by Vaughan Merchant /The Canadian Press

STANLEY BRIDGE, P.E.I. — Justin Trudeau travelled today to P.E.I., where he inspected damage caused by post-tropical storm Fiona and pledged to find ways to build more resilient infrastructure.

The prime minister was in Stanley Bridge, where a storm surge and hurricane-force winds upended buildings and tossed fishing boats onto the shore early Saturday.

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Trudeau was also expected to head to two communities in Cape Breton: Glace Bay and Sydney.

In an aerial view, damage at the Stanley Bridge Marina, including multiple boats knocked ashore from wind and storm surge, a day after Post-Tropical Storm Fiona hit the Atlantic coast on Sept. 25, 2022 in New London, Prince Edward Island.
In an aerial view, damage at the Stanley Bridge Marina, including multiple boats knocked ashore from wind and storm surge, a day after Post-Tropical Storm Fiona hit the Atlantic coast on Sept. 25, 2022 in New London, Prince Edward Island. Photo by Drew Angerer /Getty Images

Fiona left a trail of destruction across a wide swath of Atlantic Canada, stretching from Nova Scotia’s eastern mainland to Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island and southwestern Newfoundland.

Meanwhile, the storm is being blamed for two deaths.

A 73-year-old woman in Port aux Basques, N.L., died Saturday when a storm surge swept her to sea, and Nova Scotia RCMP say they believe a missing 81-year-old man was also swept out to sea on Saturday.

On Tuesday, the Canadian Space Agency posted two satellite photos of Prince Edward Island, one taken on Aug. 21, the other on Sept. 25, a day after Fiona lashed the island with hurricane-force winds that exceeded 140 kilometres per hour.

The second photo clearly shows the clear blue waters around the Island streaked by huge underwater plumes of sand and soil extending far offshore.

The agency posted a tweet saying the photos illustrate “the extent to which the extreme wind and wave action of the storm has churned up the sea floor and eroded the coastline.”

This comparison of satellite images of Prince Edward Island and the Northumberland Strait, taken on August 21 and September 25, 2022, shows the extent to which the extreme wind and wave action of the storm has churned up the seafloor and eroded the coastline. pic.twitter.com/hHGVjNqjJb

— Canadian Space Agency (@csa_asc) September 27, 2022