Belgium attacks 'a nightmare' says P.E.I. resident from Brussels

The fatal explosions in Brussels are being felt around the world, with one woman who moved to P.E.I. from the city two years ago describing this morning as "a nightmare."

• Brussels airport, subway hit by explosions

On Tuesday, explosions rocked the Brussels airport and subway system, killing at least 28 people and injuring many more.

"When it happens in your city, in your country, it's really different," Nathalie Guidon told CBC's Island Morning.

She said this morning she has been checking in with friends and family through phone calls and Facebook. Most of them are safe at home, she said, but one has children who are still in the city centre.

"The police take everybody to church and to different offices to keep the people safe," she said. "[My friend] is really stressed because at the moment there is no more phones, so she can't call her daughter. She's really afraid. She has no news, and she just needs to wait for police to say to people that they can go back home." 

Guidon's husband, Phillipe, worked at the airport and is unable to reach his former colleagues.

"There is no more phone, no more internet, nothing anymore. So for the moment, we don't have news about the colleagues of my husband at the airport," she said.

P.E.I. students safe in Ypres

Students from P.E.I. schools École Évangéline and École Pierre-Chiasson are on a trip in Belgium, but are safe in Ypres, 125 km west of Brussels, according to a Tweet from the former principal of École Pierre-Chiasson Ghislain Bernard. His step-daughter is on the trip.