WINDSOR, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia say they have recovered a body believed to be that of a 14-year-old girl who was swept nearly 100 kilometres from where she disappeared in rushing floodwaters on July 22.
RCMP told reporters Wednesday the province's medical examiner was working to confirm the identity of the person found a day earlier by a civilian who was walking along the shoreline in Advocate Harbour, N.S., on the Bay of Fundy.
The area where Terri-Lynn was found is about 75 kilometres as the crow flies northwest of Brooklyn, N.S., where the victims died when the two vehicles they were travelling in were swept off the road during a torrential storm. Local residents and police have said the Meander River spilled its banks and sent a torrent of water coursing across the rural road as the two vehicles drove seeking refuge in the early hours of July 22. The vehicles — a pickup truck and an SUV — were pushed into a hayfield where water reached the height of a tractor-trailer truck.
At the news conference, Premier Tim Houston singled out the RCMP and other first responders, including volunteer firefighters, who helped search shorelines and flooded fields for the missing people."We're thankful and grateful for your efforts," Houston said."And we'll never know how many lives you saved."
In Brooklyn Monday, hundreds of people gathered at the local firehall to grieve Natalie, who was described as a butterfly who lit up every room. A funeral was held the following day for Colton, whose obituary describes him as an animal lover who was keen on farming, and who had pet ducks and pigs at home.
Chief Jason Cochrane said,"helping members with mental health is top priority with us right now," while Deputy Chief Brett Tetanish said the approximately 75 members of the volunteer department are aware that more climate-related disasters could be coming.
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