Port aux Basques, N.L., have taken to social media to share images of their homes crumpling into the ocean as post-tropical storm Fiona batters the region.The storm made landfall early Saturday morning, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake and slamming the region with severe wind and heavy rain.
Hundreds of thousands have been left without power in eastern Canada.Port aux Basques is under a “state of emergency,” the Newfoundland and Labrador RCMP shared in a tweet just after 10 a.m.
ET.“First responders are dealing with multiple electrical fires, residential flooding and washouts,” the tweet read.“Residents are asked to obey evacuation orders and to find a safe place to weather the storm.”The town’s mayor, Brian Button, confirmed to The Canadian Press that some houses have been washed away amid high winds and surging seas.In a post shared to Facebook, at least one home can be seen floating away in the flooded waters.“My heart is so broken for everyone in Port Aux Basques right now,” wrote Amanda Kirkpatrick, who posted the photo.
Wreckhouse Press, an independent community newspaper and book publisher in Newfoundland, also shared multiple images of the destruction.A home can be seen teetering on the edge of a small cliff in an image the newspaper described as “the view from (their) office window right now.” The image was posted at 7:24 a.m.