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Canadian armed forces to help with Fiona cleanup

STORY: The historic storm slammed into eastern Canada with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, uprooting trees and power lines, and reducing many homes to "just a pile of rubble."

Thousands of residents across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland were without power and dealing with patchy telecom connections, and government officials pleaded with residents for patience.

The Canadian Hurricane Centre estimated that Fiona was the lowest pressured land falling storm on record in Canada.