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On July 22, a province wide state of emergency (SOE) was declared in Canada's Nova Scotia region in response to severe flooding across the province.ia..
This flooding has been fast and furious, and we are taking strong action to ensure Nova Scotians are protected, said John Lohr, Minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office..
As the rain and flood risk continues, we need people to stay off the roads so that first responders and critical infrastructure partners can do their work to restore our roads and power and keep people safe..
Four people went missing, including two kids, after intense thunderstorms brought record rain across a wide swath of Nova Scotia over the past two days in the city of Truro...
Royal Canadian Mounted Police spokeswoman Cindy Bayers said two such submersions in West Hants north of Halifax have left two adults and two children unaccounted for as of Saturday morning...
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