Search for N.S. youth who went missing during torrential flooding has been temporarily suspended
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Nova Scotia RCMP say they have suspended their search for a youth who was among four people swept away on July 22 by rushing floodwaters following a historic storm.
The search for a youth who went missing in West Hants, N.S., during torrential flooding has been temporarily suspended in order to allow remaining water to drain from the search site, RCMP say.
Supt. Sean Auld, support services officer for the Nova Scotia RCMP, said Monday that despite “an extensive search to date,” the missing person under the age of 18 has not been located.
Members of the search team encountered deep pockets of water in the area adjacent to a flooded hayfield in Brooklyn, N.S. while looking for the missing youth over the weekend, RCMP said.
“Searching these pockets is too dangerous for searchers, due to the depth of the water,” Auld said.
It’s expected the pockets of water will drain naturally over the next few days, RCMP said, and search efforts will resume when the site is drained.
The bodies of 52-year-old Nicholas Anthony Holland, six-year-old Natalie Hazel Harnish and six-year-old Colton Sisco were discovered on July 24 and 25.
Holland and one of the children were found in the primary search site, a flooded hayfield in Brooklyn, and the other child’s remains were found by civilians at a nearby coastal area.
