With the work completed, he was headed for home, until the ferry cancellations deflated his plan.A massive, slow-moving storm that lashed parts of the Maritimes with 100-kilometre-per-hour gusts and driving rain has enveloped southwestern Newfoundland, where residents are being warned that up to 300 millimetres of rain could inundate the area by Thursday night. Jason Caron had been in Newfoundland for the last week, working construction on Walmart stores on the island. Meanwhile, Marine Atlantic ferry crossings between Port aux Basques and North Sydney, N.S., are cancelled on Wednesday because of the storm, leaving some passengers stranded who are trying to get home.
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He said a tow truck should be able to remove his now abandoned vehicle from the road early Wednesday morning.
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Moore is safe after using the phone from a nearby neighbour's house to call for a ride home. "I've been driving that road my entire life and something didn't look right," he said. He said he nearly made it across the culvert when it caved in, his front wheel breaking through and bouncing the truck back onto hard ground on the other side. Moore said he had actually sold that truck earlier in the day. "I looked behind me and there was just a black hole behind me … all I could hear was pavement cracking, it was pitch black so I couldn't really see what was going on."
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Water levels have risen at the Red Rocks turnoff near Port aux Basques. If we had called a state of emergency today … It wouldn't change how things are just because of the weather at this very moment," he said. "We're looking at alternate plans on things that can be done, especially when it comes to emergency services. "So we don't know just how bad they are and how long it's gonna take to get things open."īutton noted the town has also spoken with emergency co-ordinators and said now isn't the right time to call a state of emergency in the community. "That becomes a big issue, especially when not all of these washouts have been assessed yet," he said. We have some major washouts now … which is cutting us off from the rest of the province." The damaged roads are the biggest concern for Channel-Port aux Basques Mayor Brian Button, who said workers continue to watch the town's storm sewers and check in on residents cut off from the rest of the province.īutton said he was fearful the roads would be washed out yesterday, and today "those fears have become reality. Andrews Road, an alternative route is available.Įnvironment Canada said Port aux Basques has received just under 150 millimetres of rain since Tuesday, while nearby Codroy is nearing 200 millimetres.ġ:38 Wade Osmond of Channel-Port aux Basques speaks with the CBC's Peter Cowan about the flooding in his home during a nasty rainstorm. Route 406-11, Doyles Station Road, an alternate route is available.Trans-Canada Highway 25 kilometres northwest of Port aux Basques.Trans-Canada Highway 16 kilometres southwest of Doyles intersection, one lane washed out.
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