Cape Breton devastated by storm damage
Posted Dec 16, 2010 06:18:10 AM.
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There’s barely any evidence that a major storm passed through HRM this week – but that’s not the case in Cape Breton. Hundreds of people are still picking up the pieces left behind by Tuesday’s storm, which downed trees, flooded homes and strewed debris over the roads.
Areas along the Margaree River have been hit the worst. A mud slide has closed off a section of the Cabot Trail.
Resident Stephen Corbett tells CTV News his home is a virtual island surrounded by water.
“It pretty well destroyed the whole basement, there’s a bunch of water damage,” Corbett says. “And now we’ll have to wear rubber boots here for the next couple days.”
Some people have even pulled out canoes to get around. Volunteer firefighter Eddie Phillips says he’s never seen anything like it.
“I’ve lived here all my life and (previous storms) have moved the cabin, moved the trailer and you know, we had that happen years ago but not as bad as this. Never,” he said.. “It’s really, really bad. And it’s still raining.”
Farther north, residents of Dingwall are trapped because the only road into and out of the village is flooded.
There isn’t much relief in sight because another storm could be making its way to the region Tuesday or Wednesday.
“It’s a deep low-pressure system that’s developing. So, it looks like it’s going to affect all of Nova Scotia and all of the Maritimes,” says News 95.7 Meteorologist Richard Zurawksi. “It’s going to give us some rain mixed with snow and then after the cold front comes through, there’s a good change we’ll see some white fluffy stuff.”
Environment Canada has now issued a special weather statement about a system that may bring snow to our region Friday afternoon.
