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HALIFAX — A person who died throughout a torrential rainstorm final weekend in rural Nova Scotia has been recognized as Nicholas Anthony Holland.

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Holland was one among 4 individuals, together with two babies, who went lacking early Saturday after the automobiles they had been in had been swept off a highway and submerged as they fled their properties.

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His former spouse, Julie Giffin Holland, confirmed to The Canadian Press that the 52-year-old, a member of the native rock band Hogtooth, died making an attempt to flee the floodwater.

He leaves behind a associate and two youngsters.

An obituary on a funeral house web site describes Holland as a proficient musician who performed in lots of bands through the years and for whom music was his life’s ardour.

Holland’s physique was recovered Monday in Brooklyn, N.S., and within the obituary his household thanked search and rescue groups, personal residents and Holland’s bandmates for his or her efforts to seek out him.

A youth aged beneath 18 who was travelling with Holland stays lacking, whereas the stays of the 2 youngsters who had been in a separate car had been recovered this week.