The total rainfall is predicted ti reach or exceed 50 millimetres in a 24 hour period. Amounts could be significantly higher in places. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Western, Southwestern, northern and central Nova Scotia are expected to be where the heavy rains fall the most. It’s predicted to occur between Friday night until Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”7″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here is the special weather statement posted on Environment Canada’s website:<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n The forecast said rainfall amounts could exceed 25 millimetres per hour locally. Heavy downpours can cause flash flooding and pooling of water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Localized flooding in low-lying areas is possible. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Similar events have caused hazardous driving conditions and localised flooding in low-lying areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n To report severe weather, send an email to NSstorm@ec.gc.ca<\/a> or tweet reports using #NSStorm<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”87″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”92″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”93″] [adrotate banner=”78″] HALIFAX\/EAST HANTS: Environment Canada is forecasting for heavy rain this weekend, beginning Friday night Aug. 25. The total rainfall is predicted ti reach or exceed 50 millimetres in a 24 hour period. Amounts could be significantly higher in places. Western, Southwestern, northern and central Nova Scotia are expected to be where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[196,5258,50,5339,121,48,1077,1454],"class_list":["post-38014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-east-hants","tag-environment-canada","tag-halifax","tag-heavy-rain","tag-hrm","tag-n-s","tag-nova-scotia","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38014\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Screenshot-2023-08-24-at-19-25-37-Halifax-NS-7-Day-Forecast-Environment-Canada-1024x407.png\")