On Tuesday morning, the weather service said Fiona was passing east of the Bahamas and was expected to travel north later this week. It is expected to transform into a post-tropical storm by Saturday, the statement said. Fiona has now become the first major hurricane of the season. Interests in eastern Canada should pay close attention to the progress of this storm in the coming days as impacts become more likely. @ECCC_CHC issued a preliminary bulletin: pic.twitter.com/PZ1r3kSuJ2 — ECCC Canadian Hurricane Center (@ECCC_CHC) September 20, 2022 Story continues below ad Although Fiona will no longer be a hurricane by the time it is expected to reach the East Coast, meteorologist Ian Hubbard of the Canadian Hurricane Center said it “will still be a very strong and powerful post-tropical storm.”

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			The Canadian Hurricane Center is monitoring Fiona as it heads up the east coast

Currently, there is an 800-kilometre area of ​​uncertainty centered near eastern Cape Breton, according to Environment Canada. “There is still a lot of uncertainty about exactly where it will go. And of course, that will dictate where those impacts will be felt the most,” Hubbard said. Trending Stories

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“We’re going to see some very strong, possibly damaging winds, possibly a lot of heavy rainfall in some areas. And we expect to see some coastal flooding in terms of large waves and storm surge at some point.” The cone of uncertainty will shrink in size later this week and forecasters will have more details on the expected impact afterwards. Southern offshore areas are expected to feel the impact on Friday and inland areas of Atlantic Canada are expected to feel it on Saturday. Environment Canada monitors Hurricane Fiona. The tracker says Nova Scotia and NL could feel its effects by Saturday. Canada environment photo According to Hubbard, now is a good time for Atlantic Canadians to start preparing for the potential impact. Story continues below ad “It’s a really good time to start thinking about this storm, paying attention to it, paying attention to the latest forecasts, maybe getting an idea of ​​some of the things you want to do to prepare,” he said. “Whether it’s supplies, batteries, that sort of thing, this is the time to really start thinking about it.”

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The Canadian Hurricane Center has been monitoring Hurricane Fiona since Sunday. It has already caused widespread damage in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. Forecasters said the storm would cause massive flooding and threatened to drop “historic” levels of rain, with up to 76cm possible in some areas. A state of emergency was declared in the US territory as the eye of the storm approached the island. According to the US National Hurricane Center, Fiona’s center is forecast to pass near Grand Turk and the other eastern Turks and Caicos during the day. — with files from Rebecca Lau and The Associated Press. © 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.