Emergency declared in Nova Scotia province after heavy rains cause floods
Heavy rainfall on Canada’s east coast prompted authorities to declare a province-wide state of emergency late Saturday evening to limit travel to the affected areas, free up more response staff and get time to restore critical infrastructure
Emergency declared in Nova Scotia province after heavy rains cause floods
Nova Scotia: A state of emergency has been declared in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia after heavy rainfall caused severe flooding that washed out roads and bridges.
Heavy rainfall on Canada’s east coast prompted authorities to declare a province-wide state of emergency late Saturday evening to limit travel to the affected areas, free up more response staff and get time to restore critical infrastructure.
Four people went missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia over the past two days.
The floods submerged multiple vehicles, and Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokeswoman Cindy Bayers said two such incidents in West Hants north of Halifax have left two adults and two children unaccounted for as of Saturday morning.
The two children went missing after the vehicle they were travelling in got stuck underwater, Bayers said, noting the three other occupants were able to escape safely.
Two other individuals, who Bayers described as a youth and a man, remain unaccounted for following a separate vehicle submersion. Two other people in that vehicle were rescued, she said, adding police are actively searching for all four missing people.
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