Four people, including two children, have been missing since Saturday due to floods caused by torrential rains in Canada and more specifically in the province of Nova Scotia, as the police announced.
The children were in a car that was swept away by rapidswhile three other occupants of it were able to be saved, said a spokeswoman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (GRC). Investigations are underway to locate them.
Two other people were declared missing in a similar incident, the spokeswoman added. Two passengers in the second car were able to be saved.
In late May, Nova Scotia was also hit hard, but this time by wildfires that ravaged forests in that and other Canadian provinces.
Tim Houston, the premier of the provincial government, emphasized during a press conference that within 24 hours there had been 250 millimeters of precipitation, or in other words, rain equal to that of three months on average.
He added that a state of emergency had been declared in parts of the province and appealed to residents not to participate in the search for the missing, as “the conditions remain dangerous”.
He estimated that it would take days before the water level receded.
Rainfall since Friday has cut roads in half, flooded homes, threatened to break dams.
Residents of the Windsor area, about sixty kilometers northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax, were ordered overnight to leave their homes urgently because of the risk of a dam giving way.
But floodgates of the dam were opened yesterday Saturday morning to relieve the pressure. As the situation came “under control,” according to Windsor Mayor Abraham Zembian, the order was lifted.
Footage broadcast by television networks or posted on social media sites showed roads turned into streams and in some cases real rivers and many abandoned cars.
In an updated emergency severe weather bulletin yesterday at noon [τοπική ώρα]Canada’s weather service said it expected heavy rain to continue throughout the day in the eastern part of the province.
In places, he warned, he expected rains of up to “25 millimeters per hour”.
Thousands of residents of the province have been advised to stay in their homes as many roads are impassable. Some 70,000 Nova Scotia Power customers were without power yesterday morning, but that number was down to 6,000 by noon.
Source: News Beast
With 6 years of experience, I bring to the table captivating and informative writing in the world news category. My expertise covers a range of industries, including tourism, technology, forex and stocks. From brief social media posts to in-depth articles, I am dedicated to creating compelling content for various platforms.
