State of Emergency declared in Nova Scotia due to flooding

A provincewide state of emergency has been declared in Nova Scotia in response to severe flooding across the province.
The areas that officials say are currently the most affected are East and West Hants, Halifax Regional Municipality, Lunenburg and Queens counties.
John Lohr, the Minister responsible for the Emergency Management Office, says that as the rain and flood risk continues, people need to stay off the roads so that first responders and critical infrastructure partners can do their work to restore roads and power and keep people safe.
The state of emergency will:
— limit travel in heavily impacted areas
— allow the deployment of key human and physical assets to aid in the response and recovery
— facilitate the coordinated restoration of impacted critical infrastructure
The state of emergency will remain in effect for 14 days, until August 5th, unless government terminates or extends it.