More rainfall on the way for parts of Nova Scotia

For a third week in a row, parts of Nova Scotia are under rainfall warnings.

According to Environment Canada, Halifax County, GuysboroughCounty,RichmondCounty, the Sydney areaand Cape Breton County can expect 30 millimetresto 50 millimetresbeginning near noon Monday and continuing into Tuesday morning as a large low pressure system moves east.

The rain is expected to end near noon Tuesday inCape Breton.

This is the third week in a row that heavy rainfall has prompted warnings from the national weather service.

Two weeks ago, a stormbattered parts of northeastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton with more than 100 millimetresof rain and winds gusting as high as 140 km/h.

Areas of the Cape Breton Highlands received more than 200 millimetresof rain over the course of three days. On Monday,another storm brought 50 millimetresto already soaked parts of Cape Breton, hampering some of the recovery efforts from the previous storm.

Wind warnings

Meanwhile, Inverness County-Mabou and north is under a Les Sutes wind warning with gusts as high as 140 km/h expected.

Cumberland County is also under a wind warning with southwest winds gusting over 100 km/h this evening and overnight.

Other counties along the Atlantic Coast from Yarmouth to Lunenburg County are under a special weather statement with 25 millimetresto 45 millimetresof rain expected to begin near noon Monday and last through Tuesday morning.