Swimmer missing amid high water levels from historic rainfall in N.S. | 24CA News
Police in Lunenburg are main a multi-agency seek for a swimmer who went lacking in Gold River amid excessive water ranges from latest rainfall in Nova Scotia.
In a launch, the RCMP mentioned the swimmer was reported lacking Monday round 6:30 p.m. in Gold River, close to Beech Hill Road.
“RCMP officers learned that three men had been tubing in the Gold River when their tubes capsized,” the discharge mentioned. “Two of the men made it to shore; the third man was last seen drifting down the river.”
The Lunenburg District RCMP, in addition to RCMP air companies, police canine companies, the Joint Rescue Co-Ordination Centre, the Chester Volunteer Fire Department, the Western Shore Fire Department, and floor search and rescue groups started looking the world, however the man has not but been discovered.
The launch mentioned search efforts are persevering with Tuesday.
Heavy rain, which started Friday, dumped between 200 and 250 millimetres alongside Nova Scotia’s South Shore, throughout the Halifax space and into central and western components of the province, prompting huge floods in some areas. Two folks have been discovered lifeless after floodwaters submerged autos within the West Hants space, and two others stay lacking.
RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Chris Marshall mentioned the river was “significantly higher than it would normally be” because of the rainfall.
“Lunenburg County has a lot of rain, it’s one of the areas of the province that had some of the heaviest rainfall totals,” he mentioned.
With elevated water ranges, he mentioned if one thing capsizes, it’s way more tougher to get to a shoreline.
“As the water level raises, the width of many rivers tend to also become wider, which puts you further from the riverbank, as the river begins to kind of break the bank,” he mentioned.
“So it makes it harder for you, if you get into a problem, to get yourself out of the water.”
With a sizzling week forward, Marshall mentioned folks ought to train “extreme caution” round waterways till water ranges return to regular. He beneficial utilizing private flotation units if folks plan to enter water.
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