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'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

'Complacency' blamed for N.S. struggles with flooding, other climate disasters

HALIFAX — On the night floodwaters swept through his Nova Scotia county, taking lives and tearing out bridges, Doug Pynch says he had trouble believing an emergency alert that flashed across his phone.
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Third victim of N.S. flooding identified as police continue search for missing youth

Third victim of N.S. flooding identified as police continue search for missing youth

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia police said Friday they would continue searching over the weekend for the last of four people swept away by a historic rainstorm, as details emerged about one of the children who died in the floodwaters.
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RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

RCMP say they think they found body of missing tuber swept out to sea in N.S.

HALIFAX — RCMP say they think they have recovered the body of a 31-year-old man who was last seen floating down a river on Nova Scotia's South Shore after his tube capsized earlier this week.
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Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band

Victims of Nova Scotia flooding include 6-year-old girl and member of local rock band

HALIFAX — A musician in a local heavy metal band and a six-year-old girl who loved dressing up like a princess have been identified as two of the victims who died during a torrential rainstorm last weekend in rural Nova Scotia.
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Nova Scotia says it has repaired 500 sections of roads damaged by severe flooding

Nova Scotia says it has repaired 500 sections of roads damaged by severe flooding

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Department of Public Works said Thursday it had repaired nearly 500 sections of damaged roads and 60 road shoulders since a series of thunderstorms last weekend caused severe flooding across the province.
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Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Torrential rain, flooding that hit Halifax was one-in-a-thousand-years storm: city

Halifax officials said Wednesday the unrelenting storm that lashed the city and surrounding regions with as much as 250 millimetres of rain on the weekend was a one-in-a-thousand-years weather event.
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Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

Tales emerge of N.S. flood rescues, as towns grieve losses but grateful for heroism

HALIFAX — As torrential floodwaters dragged volunteer firefighter Logan Hope downstream, he held a woman's head over the surface and focused on a single goal.
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RCMP call off search after 31-year-old man swept out to sea while tubing in N.S.

RCMP call off search after 31-year-old man swept out to sea while tubing in N.S.

HALIFAX — The RCMP have called off a search for a 31-year-old man who they believe has been swept out to sea after a tubing mishap on a Nova Scotia river.
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Police search for missing man who went tubing on Nova Scotia river

Police search for missing man who went tubing on Nova Scotia river

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia RCMP reminded people on Tuesday to use extreme caution on the province's waterways, as police continued their search for a man who went missing while tubing down a river about 80 kilometres west of Halifax.
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RCMP say body found of one missing in N.S. floods, as well as remains of another

RCMP say body found of one missing in N.S. floods, as well as remains of another

HALIFAX — RCMP in Nova Scotia said Monday they had found the body of a missing man and what they believe are remains of a second person swept away in massive flooding that hit the province on the weekend.
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