Impacts of climate change hitting harder in NL in recent years
Hurricanes, rainstorms, coastal erosion, water shortages and wildfires have become more common, alongside increased temperatures in the summer. Chief among them was Hurricane Fiona, which set a record as both the strongest and most economically damaging storm ever recorded in Canada, and didn’t hold back when it hit southwestern Newfoundland, destroying approximately 100 homes and killing a 73-year-old woman.