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Take a helicopter tour of the damage in southwestern Newfoundland

The only road links to and from Port aux Basques washed out during a record storm.

The only road links to and from Port aux Basques have been washed out

Fly over washouts on the southwest coast of Newfoundland

3 years ago
Duration 1:58
Record rains on the southwest coast of Newfoundland destroyed parts of the Trans Canada Highway, leaving Channel-Port aux Basque cut off from the rest of the island. Crews are starting to rebuild watch what they're up against, above.

Port aux Basques has been cut off from the rest of Newfoundland, after a recordstorm washed out the Trans-Canada Highway in four places earlier this week.

The provincialgovernment says it will take at least a week to fix the roads.

You can see why, in this helicopter footage.

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