Thursday, October 20th 2022, 11:20 am – Estimated insured damages are sitting at around $660 million.
Hurricane Fiona was the costliest extreme weather event ever recorded in Atlantic Canada, with an estimated $660 million in insured damages, according to an initial report from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ).
A breakdown of damage costs per province (April Walker/The Weather Network)
The report breaks down damage costs per province as follows:
Insurance companies won’t cover the majority of the restoration efforts. In a statement, The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says many of the affected residents “were located in high-risk flood areas and floodplains where residential flood insurance coverage is not available” meaning the government will shoulder the costs.
Since 2008, severe weather-related insurance claims have quadrupled, the IBC says, with the “new normal” reaching $2 billion annually.
Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu
Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter” Jaclyn Whittal on Twitter: “Orange ocean water because if the sand/clay/soil being so stirred up here in PEI. Have never seen this before. This is Oyster Bed Bay @weathernetwork @stormhunterTWN @NateTWN @DmjHodge #HurricaneFiona #peistorm pic.twitter.com/78tNwIajlu / Twitter”
The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO
The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. Mark Robinson on Twitter: “The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “The wind and waves simply won’t stop here in Louisbourg. @weathernetwork @NateTWN @jwhittalTWN #HurricaneFiona pic.twitter.com/pUim91ZUPO / Twitter”
A few of the damaged barns on Big Island, NS #Fiona @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/pzW8dXHDot
A few of the damaged barns on Big Island, NS Nathan Coleman on Twitter: “A few of the damaged barns on Big Island, NS #Fiona @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/pzW8dXHDot / Twitter” Nathan Coleman on Twitter: “A few of the damaged barns on Big Island, NS #Fiona @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/pzW8dXHDot / Twitter” Nathan Coleman on Twitter: “A few of the damaged barns on Big Island, NS #Fiona @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/pzW8dXHDot / Twitter”
Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of #Fiona means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. @jwhittalTWN @NateTWN pic.twitter.com/xfTn5PpmlI
Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of Mark Robinson on Twitter: “Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of #Fiona means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. @jwhittalTWN @NateTWN pic.twitter.com/xfTn5PpmlI / Twitter” means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. Mark Robinson on Twitter: “Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of #Fiona means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. @jwhittalTWN @NateTWN pic.twitter.com/xfTn5PpmlI / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of #Fiona means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. @jwhittalTWN @NateTWN pic.twitter.com/xfTn5PpmlI / Twitter” Mark Robinson on Twitter: “Time to back up! Trying to document a storm of the magnitude of #Fiona means that I often don’t get to post everything when I want to. One bit that amazed me was how fast the surge came in at the docks in Louisbourg. @jwhittalTWN @NateTWN pic.twitter.com/xfTn5PpmlI / Twitter”
By all accounts, Fiona was a historic storm, making landfall on Nova Scotia’s Canso Peninsula in the early hours of September 24, with a verified minimum pressure of 932.6 mb, making it deepest low-pressure system ever recorded on Canadian soil.
Arisaig, Nova Scotia recorded a peak wind gust of 179 km/h – more than strong enough to uproot trees and damage homes. Substantial rainfall hit Atlantic Canada. In Osborne Head, Nova Scotia 192 mm accumulated – the most in the region.
The Port aux Basques station recorded its highest water level on record at 2.75 metres, replacing the 2017 record of 2.17 metres.
Thumbnail image: Downed tree in Carlottetown, PEI (Jaclyn Whittal/The Weather Network)
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