Monday 26 September 2022 01:20 AM 'It's a total war zone:' Two killed in Canada as deadly Hurricane Fiona causes ... trends now Parts of eastern Canada suffered 'immense' devastation after powerful storm Fiona swept houses into the sea and caused major power outages, leaving two people dead. Officials have found the body of a 73-year-old woman believed to have been swept from her home in Newfoundland, while another person died on Prince Edward Island where generator issues may have played a role. The woman in Newfoundland is thought to have been sheltering in her basement when waves as high as 40 feet broke through her home and swept her out to see. The storm packed intense winds of 80 miles per hour when it arrived with force rarely seen in eastern Canada, bringing torrential rain and waves of up to 40 feet. 'The devastation is immense,' Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston told reporters. 'The magnitude of the storm is incredible.' More than 300,000 people were still without electricity across five provinces Sunday after the storm felled trees, ripped roofs from buildings and damaged power lines, officials said. Hundreds of utility crews were working to restore power. A picture shows damage caused to coastal homes by Hurricane Fiona in Channel-Port aux Basques, Nova Scotia, Canada Houses were swept into the water by strong winds and catastrophic 40 foot waves, including at least 20 homes swept away in Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland A person looks towards the sea after the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Port Aux Basques, where Mayor Brian Button called the damage 'a total war zone' Storm surges swept at least 20 homes into the sea in the town of Channel-Port aux Basques, on the southwestern tip of Newfoundland. Mayor Brian Button described 'a total war zone' in the coastal community as residents reckoned with the damage, though 200 residents were evacuated before the storm hit. 'Some people have lost everything, and I mean everything,' Button told CBC News. 'The sea was taking back the land and we were getting separated. A lot of our homes are built along the coastline along the Atlantic Ocean. Down there, Fiona just wiped out parts of that,' he said. Tempers were fraying Sunday as residents tried to return to their homes - or what was left of them. 'I know people are showing up at the barricades angry this morning and wanting to move in and go check up on their properties,' said Button in a live video on Facebook. 'You've got to give us a little bit of time... Unfortunately, this is going to take days, could take weeks, could take months in some cases,' he said. 'I'm seeing homes in the ocean. I'm seeing rubble floating all over the place. It's complete and utter destruction. There's an apartment that is gone, that is literally just rubble,' said René J. Roy, a resident of Channel-Port Aux Basques and chief editor at Wreckhouse Press, said in a phone interview. Roy estimated between eight to 20 houses and buildings have washed into the sea. 'It's quite terrifying,' he said. Nova Scotia premier Houston told CBC the Canadian military had been deployed to help clear trees and roads. Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said the Canadian armed forces would also provide assistance to Newfoundland's cleanup efforts. This is the third province to request federal military assistance, after Nova Scotia on Saturday and Prince Edward Island earlier Sunday. 'The initial assessments say that, overall, our road infrastructure may have fared out a little bit better than we initially thought, but there are considerable pockets of severe damage all across Prince Edward Island,' said P.E.I. Premier Dennis King. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston said 'the devastation is immense' and said the Canadian military has been deployed to help with cleanup efforts Damage caused by Fiona on the Burnt Islands in the Newfoundland and Labrador Province of Canada Town officials speak with a lady, whose house was destroyed, in the aftermath of Hurricane Fiona in Port Aux Basques Television images showed a long line of cars and people on foot queuing to get gas for generators in Cape Breton, an island off Nova Scotia, where dozens had spent the night in relief centers operated by the Canadian Red Cross. On Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown Police Chief Brad MacConnell pleaded with residents to stay inside as recovery efforts continue. 'We ask people to stay home unless absolutely necessary,' he told CBC, adding that there's 'a lot of devastation' and hardly an area of the city that had not been significantly affected. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Twitter that he had met again with his Incident Response Group to ensure that 'resources are available to help those affected by the storm.' By Sunday, with a waning Fiona dissipating over the Labrador Sea, the country's environmental agency said all warnings had been canceled. Port Aux Basques Mayor Brian Button, who called his town a 'total war zone,' walks through the town examining damage after the arrival of Hurricane Fiona This handout image provided by Pauline Billard on September 25, 2022, shows damage caused by Hurricane Fiona in Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Canada All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility