Two kids were among four people reported missing after intense thunderstorms dumped record amounts of rain across wide swath of Nova Scotia
About 750 people were forced to flee their homes overnight across the Halifax region. And widespread flooding was also reported in Lunenberg County, west of Halifax. More than 400 people there were evacuated from their homes Saturday.
On Friday night, water levels rose so fast in the Bedford area that volunteers with Halifax Ground Search and Rescue were using small boats to rescue people from inundated homes.Article content “It’s pretty obvious that the climate is changing — from Fiona last year to the wildfires in the spring and now flooding in the summer,” Halifax Mayor Mike Savage said in an interview.While the official statistics have yet to be recorded, it’s believed the Halifax region has not seen this level of rainfall since Aug. 16, 1971, when hurricane Beth made landfall near the eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia and then roared over Cape Breton.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau acknowledged the blackouts and damage during an unrelated event in Toronto, saying the federal government was ready to provide support to the province.
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