Fiona: experts warn 2024 hurricane season is not over yet [Video]

It’s been two years since Fiona made landfall, a storm that Maritimers won’t soon forget.

“Horrible. I never got over that,” said Clarence Dawe of Sydney Mines, N.S.

The system made landfall in Nova Scotia on the night of September 23, 2022 and into the early morning hours of the following day.

The Cape Breton senior spent 28 days without power before the community came together to help him rebuild.

This time of year, Dawe now watches the forecast with a wary eye.

“Even this wind we’ve got here today is too much,” Dawe told CTV Atlantic on Tuesday. “I don’t want to ever see another hurricane or tropical storm come through here.”

“Yeah it’s true, it’s been quiet here in Eastern Canada hurricane-wise,” said Chris Fogarty of the Canadian Hurricane Centre in Dartmouth.

Fogarty said the lack of activity throughout much of September shouldn’t give people a false sense of security.

He pointed out …