Heavy Rain Brings Flooding to Area of NS That Suffered Flood Fatalities a Year Ago

Heavy overnight rain has caused washed out roads and evacuations in an area of Nova Scotia that suffered flood damage and fatalities a year ago. Emergency alerts were issued overnight July 11 in Digby, Annapolis, Kings and Hants counties, as Environment Canada reported that over 100 mm of rain fell in a few hours, as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl moved through the province. Some communities in the Annapolis Valley reported receiving up to 110 mm of rain, and residents in Windsor, N.S., were once again pumping out their basements. Brett Tetanish, the chief of the Brooklyn volunteer fire department, said in an interview that some roads in the West Hants Regional Municipality—where four people died last July—were again submerged due to shoulders being washed out, while many people have flooded basements....