BREAKING: Four people have been reported missing in Nova Scotia after the vehicles they were travelling in became submerged in floodwaters, RCMP say.
Regional alerts sent by provincial officials throughout the night have warned of severe flooding, damaged homes and impassable roads."We've had own little tour of Armageddon," he said. "We had the horrific wildfires at the end of May into June and now we have flooding, so it seems like all the plagues are hitting us."1:06
Nova Scotia Power says it has been dealing with outages in the Halifax and Liverpool areas that were caused by lightning. At the peak of the storm last night, more than 70,000 customers were without power, the utility said."Our crews are working and navigating the flooded roads to try and get power back on as quickly and safely as possible," said Matt Drover, NSP's storm lead at its emergency operation centre.
Many roads are completely impassable, he said, and crews are working with the province's Emergency Management Office to safely navigate around them.Storms of this nature are only becoming more common, he noted. "We have seen on our system, definitely more frequency and more intense storms than we ever have before"
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