The children were with three other people in a car in West Hants — a largely rural municipality northwest of Halifax — when the vehicle got stuck in floodwaters
, RCMP spokeswoman Cindy Bayers said in an interview. The three other occupants managed to escape, but the Mounties declined to release more information.
Having declared a provincewide state of emergency, Houston said he could not stop thinking about those missing and their families. About 750 people were forced to flee their homes overnight across the Halifax region. And widespread flooding was also reported in Lunenberg County, west of Halifax, where more than 400 people were evacuated from their homes Saturday.
On Friday night, water levels rose so fast in the Bedford area north of Halifax that volunteers with Halifax Ground Search and Rescue were using small boats to rescue people from inundated homes. "I'm old enough to remember that one," Savage said. "But the consistent, violent nature of the thunderstorms last night and into this morning were frightening."
Meanwhile, residents in several communities were warned to stay off the roads, including several major highways. Online maps produced by the Halifax region show more than 30 road blockages, mainly to the north and west of the city. Paula Finlayson, a 25-year resident of the Hammonds Plains area, described the storm as “awe-striking.” Surveying a washed-out bridge and overland flooding that looked more like a large lake, Finlayson said she felt claustrophobic when she realized she was trapped in her subdivision.
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