Fiona hits Canada, leaving behind major damage

(NBC) - Post-tropical storm Fiona made landfall in Canada Saturday morning with hurricane-force winds and heavy rains.

The storm, now called Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona made landfall at 4:00am ET on the eastern edge of Mainland Nova Scotia, near of Canso.

Although Fiona has weakened somewhat, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said it was carrying maximum winds of 90 miles per hour.

Experts predicted high winds, storm surges and heavy rainfall through the afternoon.

Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island could see three-to-six inches or a maximum ten inches of rain, and flooding is expected.

There are widespread reports of downed trees and power lines in those areas.

As of 8:30am ET, Nova Scotia power was reporting over 415,000 customers without power.

Maritime Electric said more than 82,000 of its customers were in the dark and NB Power reported nearly 45,000 customers were affected by outages.

Hurricane and tropical storm warnings remain in effect for parts of Eastern Canada.

Fiona previously caused major destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic as a Category 1 Hurricane.

Fiona approached Bermuda on Friday as a Category 4 then weakened to a Category 3.