Nova Scotians deliver help to one another with cash and labour for flood cleanup

Residents of Sunnyvale Crescent in Lower Sackville are still cleaning up from the deadly and destructive flash flooding that impacted parts of Nova Scotia one week ago.

Residents of Sunnyvale Crescent in Lower Sackville are still cleaning up from the deadly and destructive flash flooding that impacted parts of Nova Scotia one week ago.

Sewer backups and the overflow from the nearby Little Sackville River flooded basements, with some residents seeing upwards of four to seven feet of water enter their home last Friday.

Blair LeBlanc lives on Sunnyvale Crescent but was in Cape Breton when the storm hit. He was notified by his security system of the flood in his basement and he and his wife, Christine, raced home.

What he discovered when he returned home after midnight was a sewer backup, and his back door blown open by the rushing river in his backyard.

"Here's the water line here," said LeBlanc, pointing to the brown water stain that lined the white walls of his basement.

"That was four feet," said LeBlanc, who has been busy cleaning out his basement.

The front lawn is scattered with soiled and damaged furniture, appliances, and other household items.