Residents of Wolfville continue to honour a young boy who died in flash floods.
A memorial tribute was held in the town for the young boy named Eli, who was swept away in a local park on Thursday.
Mayor Wendy Donovan says the community and beyond are rallying behind the family.
“Things like this bring a community together, not for a good reason, but in a good way,” said Donovan.
A GoFundMe page has raised over $40,000.
“I had a call from a seniors residence in Dartmouth who wanted to donate. I’m not directly involved with the page, but I guided them on how to use it,” added the Mayor.
Donovan says this is an incredibly difficult time for his family, his teachers and the first responders who were on scene.
Supports have been brought in, the school the boy attended has been open for grief counselling.
Donovan says the boy was swept away around the same time the province issued an emergency alert.
“Should an alert have gone out before? I don’t think until the moment this happened that we had any information that suggested the Town of Wolfville needed to call an alert.”
Municipalities communicate with the province, who make the final call on alerts.
The Mayor says other areas of Kings County had significant damage, but she’s not sure who made the request for the alert that went out to Kings, Annapolis, Hants and Digby county residents.
There’s no infrastructure damage in the town and flood waters have receded.
A road in Halls Harbour was completely destroyed, dozens of others were washed out.
Over 120 millimetres of rain fell in just five hours in some areas.
