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Road Washed Away as Heavy Rain Causes Flash Flooding
A highway was washed away in Canada’s Newfoundland and Labrador on Friday, March 29, after in depth heavy rain fell on the province’s west coast.Footage filmed by resident Gerry Labelle confirmed the coastal Route 460 utterly washed away in Cape St. George. Debris might be seen carried down the hillside into the ocean.Over 100 millimeters of rain fell in Corner Brook over a 48-hour interval to March 29, NTV reported. Corner Brook is situated roughly 62 miles northeast of Cape St. George.Quite a few roads in Newfoundland’s west coast had been closed attributable to flash flooding, in line with NTV.A “wreckhouse wind warning” was in impact for the area on Saturday, with most gusts of as much as 100 km/h (62 mph) predicted. Credit: Gerry Labelle through Storyful