Highway to North West River closed due to flooding

Flooding has closed asection of Route 520, also known as North West River Road.

The affected area isnear Blind Hill, between Happy Valley-Goose Bay and North West River.

The high water levels made some drivers skittish, like Adeel Khan, even before the had been officially shut down.

"It's a small car, it may not make it through ... we're not going through, we're going to come back where we came from, Goose Bay, and maybe wait for another day," Khan told CBC News.

North West River Mayor Derek Montague says emergency vehicles are being escorted through, however the road is closed to all other traffic.

There is no timeline yet on when the road will reopen.