Evacuation order issued as dam at risk of breaching near Windsor, N.S.
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An evacuation order has been put in place for people living near the St. Croix River system in Nova Scotia.
The order was sent out to cell phones in the area at 3:41 a.m. AT. It says the "dam is at risk of breaching. All residents must evacuate immediately to the Brooklyn Civic Centre at 995 Highway 215, Newport."
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Many people in the Halifax area were dealing with flooding on Friday night, following a series of torrential downpours and thunderstorms.
Halifax District RCMP issued a traffic advisory around 8 p.m. AT asking drivers to stay home because of reports that stretches of Hammonds Plains Road, Lucasville Road, Sackville Cross Road, and parts of Sackville Drive and Beaver Bank Road had been inundated by floodwaters.
Halifax Regional Municipality said on Facebook that comfort centres had been opened at Beaver Bank Community Centre and East Dartmouth Community Centre for people affected by flooding and power outages.
It said both centres would remain open overnight.
An emergency alert was issued shortly after 10 p.m., saying flash flooding was occurring throughout the municipality and urging motorists to stay off the roads.
The province also announced closures on Highway 101 in the Lower Sackville area.
Nova Scotia Power said it was dealing with outages in the Halifax and Liverpool areas caused by lightning and that thousands of people across the province were without power.
An official with Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Services said the department was very busy trying to help people in flooded areas and with vehicle rescues.
The closing ceremony for the North American Indigenous Games in Halifax, set for Friday, was cancelled because of the extreme weather. But there are a few events remaining on the schedule for Saturday.
Earlier on Friday, Environment Canada issued rainfall warnings for Halifax Metro and Halifax County West, as well as Guysborough, Lunenburg, Queens, Richmond, Shelburne, Sydney and Victoria counties.
Those counties can expect rainfall of 90 millimetres or more this weekend, the department said, with thunderstorms expected to accompany the rain.
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