Canada struggles to restore power after storm; body found

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Pauline Billard via AP) TORONTO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada remained without power Sunday and officials said they found the body of a woman swept into the sea after former Hurricane Fiona washed away houses, stripped off roofs and blocked roads across the country’s Atlantic provinces.

“Living in coastal communities we know what can happen and tragically the sea has taken another from us,” said Gudie Hutchings, the Member of Parliament from Newfoundland.

“People listened to the warnings and did what they were supposed to do and this was the result,” she said Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King said that over 100 military personnel would arrive Sunday to assist in recovery efforts.

As of Sunday, about 45% of Puerto Rico’s 1.47 million power customers remained in the dark, and 20% of 1.3 million water customers had no service as workers struggled to reach submerged power substations and fix downed lines.