{"id":180063,"date":"2026-08-23T21:49:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/180063\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T21:49:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T21:49:59","slug":"75-100-mm-flood-risk-with-drenching-rains-in-the-maritimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/180063\/","title":{"rendered":"75-100 mm: Flood risk with drenching rains in the Maritimes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grab your umbrella if you\u2019ve got plans in the Maritimes on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Strong to severe thunderstorms<\/a> may produce torrential downpours throughout the region during the day. Beware the threat for localized flooding beneath the heaviest storms.<\/p>\n

DON\u2019T MISS: Trouble may lurk beyond hurricane season\u2019s very quiet start<\/a><\/p>\n

A warm front lifting across the Maritimes will drag a rich reserve of atmospheric moisture over the region. Showers and thunderstorms will tap into this ample moisture to produce very heavy rainfall<\/a> throughout the region.<\/p>\n

\"Atlantic<\/p>\n

It has been drier than normal this month for all of Atlantic Canada, so this rain should close the gap on what’s average for most areas, except for the Avalon Peninsula.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ll see patches of heavy rainfall begin to sweep across southern Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and eventually Prince Edward Island on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Localized totals of 30-50 mm of rainfall are possible with this first round of heavy showers through the pre-dawn hours on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Atlantic<\/p>\n

RELATED: Tips to stay safe during a flash flood as peak season draws near<\/a><\/p>\n

WATCH: Yellow warning issued for rainfall in Halifax on Sunday<\/p>\n

Downpours and thunderstorms continued throughout Nova Scotia for much of Sunday morning, padding the totals of any precipitation that fell the night before.<\/p>\n

Several rounds of torrential rains are forecast to sweep north across the Maritimes through Sunday before easing into Sunday night.<\/p>\n

Localized rainfall amounts in the 75-100 mm range are possible through Monday morning in some communities across Nova Scotia. General totals of 30-50 mm are possible in both southern New Brunswick and P.E.I.<\/p>\n

\"Atlantic<\/p>\n

This much rain in such a short period of time may lead to localized flooding in vulnerable areas. Remember, never try to drive across a flooded roadway. It\u2019s impossible to tell how deep the water is until it\u2019s too late, and it takes surprisingly little water to lift a car off the road.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Why Atlantic hurricane season is off to such a quiet start<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grab your umbrella if you\u2019ve got plans in the Maritimes on Sunday. Strong to severe thunderstorms may produce…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,24409,58,3664],"class_list":["post-180063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-maritimes","tag-rain","tag-thunderstorm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}