Spanking ‘Dorian’ coast of Canada; interrupts electricity – World

Toronto After hitting the Virgin Islands, Bahamas and North Carolina, the Dorian storm reached the extreme east of Canada with strong winds on Sunday and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.

Dorian made landfall near the city of Halifax on Saturday afternoon, uprooted trees and roofs of apartment buildings, and knocked down a huge construction crane.

So far no deaths have been reported in Canada, although in the Bahamas 43 deaths are attributed, five in the United States and one in Puerto Rico.

The United States National Hurricane Center reported Monday morning that the post-tropical cyclone vortex was 90 kilometers (55 miles) east-northeast of the semi-deserted Anticosti Island and that it had sustained maximum winds of 130 kilometers per hour ( 80 mph). The meteor was heading north-northwest, approximately along the route of the San Lorenzo River.

The authorities in Nova Scotia asked the people of the province to stay away from the roads so that the crews could remove trees and debris and restore energy. The government said up to 700 soldiers will be deployed throughout the Maritime to help restore electricity, clear roads and evacuate residents in flooded areas.

Nova Scotia Power Inc. reported that 380,000 customers were without power. As the storm hit Prince Edward Island, about 50,000 homes and businesses soon ran out of light, as did 74,000 in New Brunswick.

Now, the biggest devastation caused by the storm was in the Bahamas, where Dorian struck a week ago as a category 5 hurricane with winds of 295 km / h (185 mph), and then remained close to the coast for more than a day and a half, destroying thousands of houses. Airplanes, cruises and yachts are helping to evacuate people from the Abaco Islands and authorities were trying to reach areas still isolated by floods and debris.

The people of Nova Scotia had prepared for heavy rains and possible flooding on the coast, and authorities in Halifax asked people to hold heavy objects that could become projectiles. Businesses were encouraged to close early.

"We don't want the citizens of Halifax to walk through the center with the arrival of the waters," said Erica Fleck, deputy head of community risk reduction in Halifax, capital of the province, where 400,000 people live.

The crane that collapsed crashed into the side of an apartment building under construction. At the southern end of the city, a roof was torn from an apartment complex and fireman Jeff Paris said several residential buildings were evicted. After the fall of the crane, trees and power lines, it is a fortune that has not been seriously injured or killed, he added.