Nova Scotia: body found amid search for four missing after ‘furious’ flooding

Two children among the missing when vehicles were submerged on road after more than 200m of rain pummeled some regions

The body of a 52-year old man and other human remains have been discovered by emergency teams searching for four people who went missing in historic flooding after more than 200mm (7.87in) of rain pummeled some regions of Nova Scotia at the weekend.

The man's body was found near West Hangs in Nova Scotia, on the south-eastern coast of Canada, where search and rescue teams were looking for two children, a youth and a man who were in two vehicles which became submerged in flood water.