The flooding, which hit Thursday night as more than 100 millimetres of rain fell in just a few hours, happened nearly a year after devastating flooding killed four people
Heavy rain in Nova Scotia Thursday caused flash flooding that left a teen dead, submerged roads and destroyed at least one bridge a year after similar flooding killed four people and caused widespread damage.
and left highways, bridges and homes across a wide area in ruin. The deaths last year prompted calls to change how the province issues emergency alerts and to bring cellphone service to areas with no little or no coverage. In a post made to Facebook, Annapolis MLA Carman Kerr identified the deceased youth as a male teen. Police did not release his name.
The province issued an emergency alert to mobile phones around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, about an hour after the teen was swept away.
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