{"id":63062,"date":"2026-03-15T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=63062"},"modified":"2026-03-15T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:30:00","slug":"heavy-rains-strong-winds-set-to-hit-elmsdale-area-monday-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=63062","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rains, strong winds set to hit Elmsdale area  Monday afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56501&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ELMSDALE\/HALIFAX:<\/strong> Rain at times heavy and strong southerly winds are expected, starting on Monday afternoon across Hants County. Warning levels may be increased as the storm gets closer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s expected to hit the Elmsdale area bringing 30 to 50 mm, with locally higher amounts possible. Potential wind gusts: 70 km\/h except up to 90 km\/h over exposed areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather will start over western Nova Scotia Monday afternoon and reaching eastern Nova Scotia by Monday evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rain and wind will end from west to east Tuesday night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Environment Canada updated their special weather statement at 3:57 p.m. on March 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56376&#8243;]<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two heavier pulses of rain are expected, with a break in the rain possible in the overnight hours early Tuesday morning. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The very mild temperatures will result in rapid melting of the remaining snowpack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rainfall warnings have been issues over western area of the province and these may be extended in future forecasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To report severe weather, send an email to <a href=\"mailto:NSstorm@ec.gc.ca\">NSstorm@ec.gc.ca<\/a> or post reports on X using <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?src=typed_query&amp;q=%23NSStorm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">#NSStorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\">[metaslider id=&#8221;56530&#8243;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ELMSDALE\/HALIFAX: Rain at times heavy and strong southerly winds are expected, starting on Monday afternoon across Hants County. Warning levels may be increased as the storm gets closer. It&#8217;s expected to hit the Elmsdale area bringing 30 to 50 mm, with locally higher amounts possible. Potential wind gusts: 70 km\/h except up to 90 km\/h [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,957],"tags":[986,5258,5339,10175,237,5839,1454],"class_list":["post-63062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","tag-elmsdale","tag-environment-canada","tag-heavy-rain","tag-nsstorm-2","tag-storm","tag-strong-winds","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63062","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=63062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63062\/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=63062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}