Water levels around the capital region are set to surpass 2017 peak; in New Brunswick, flood water expected to recede slowly over next five days
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shovels sand to fill sandbags in the Ottawa community of Constance Bay.It’s another anxious weekend for flood-weary communities in Eastern Canada, with rain in the forecast for an area stretching from cottage country north of Toronto all the way to the Acadian Peninsula.
“Thank you for doing what you are doing,” Trudeau said as he and sons Xavier and Hadrien spoke with volunteers working around a large sandpile.As he was shaking hands with military personnel and volunteers in Constance Bay, the riverfront village west of downtown Ottawa that has seen the worst flooding so far, a local resident confronted the prime minister to complain that his visit had slowed down sandbagging operations.“What you’re doing is insincere.
Rising river levels forced the closure Saturday morning of a heavily travelled bridge onto the Island of Montreal. Quebec’s Transport Department announced it was closing the Galipeault Bridge, a western access point to Montreal along Highway 20. Area residents are ferried to their homes in Darlings Island, N.B. The area is cut off when the Kennebecasis River, a tributary of the Saint John River, rises above the road leading to the community.Meantime, a bit of relief is in sight for flood-weary residents of southern New Brunswick, with the latest forecast calling for waters to slowly recede in most areas over the next five days.However, Greg MacCallum, director of New Brunswick EMO, said it’s too soon for any significant relief.
“One of the potential implications to winds is that it may affect movement of ice, which may in fact run up on shore and cause infrastructure damage or additional problems with roads,” he said.Downey said while officials need to be on the water, members of the general public should not head out onto the rivers and streams just yet.“The river remains a dangerous place and people should not be out doing any recreational activities on it,” he said.
Water levels have fallen significantly in Fredericton in recent days, and many of the affected roads have been reopened.
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