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Impacts of climate change hitting harder in NL in recent years

PNI Atlantic News · last updated

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.