SHEDIAC, N.B. – Cleanup began along New Brunswick’s storm-ravaged east coast today with early damage estimates already climbing into the millions of dollars.
As flood waters retreat they’re revealing destroyed wharfs, crumbled sea walls, flooded basements and damaged coastal roads that could remain closed until spring.
In hard hit Shediac, the high winds and storm surge destroyed a marina, washed away dunes at nearby Parlee beach and forced about 40 mobile home owners to move their trailers.
Further up the coast in Rexton, a number of homes were flooded.
Mayor David Hanson says most residents are trying to keep some humour as Christmas approaches, but they’re beginning to find the string of damaging storms worrisome.
The storm surge is the third major storm to hit New Brunswick in as many weeks.
In Prince Edward Island, the storm led to several bridge and beach closures and there was also road damage in Cape Breton.
Ernie MacGillivray, New Brunswick’s director of emergency services, says most people who have been displaced by the storm are staying with friends and relatives but about 30 have been put up in hotels.
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