Spring floods hobble communities in several provinces, some under mandatory evacuation orders


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Rivers swollen with spring runoff and choked with ice are causing floods in several parts of Canada, as a long winter in some areas gives way to warmer spring temperatures.


Alberta


Flooding has plagued areas of central and northern Alberta in recent days. More than 200 people have fled their homes in homes in the northern Alberta hamlet of Fort Vermilion, as the ice-choked Peace River prompted an expanded mandatory evacuation order for residents living in flood zones.


Ice jams on the Peace River near Fort Vermilion on Saturday. (Ari/CanWestAir)


A local state of emergency has been declared for the area, about 800 kilometres northwest of Edmonton in McKenzie County.


Elsewhere in the province, a critical alert due to high water levels and flooding remained in effect for Woodlands County, about 150 kilometres northwest of Edmonton.


New Brunswick


The situation is similar along the St. John River in New Brunswick. As rain continued to drench Fredericton, water levels could rival the major 2008 flood, according to Wayne Tallon, director of Fredericton’s Emergency Measures Organization.


Residents return from checking on their house surrounded by floodwaters in Fredericton on Sunday. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)


He said river levels had been stable at about eight metres, but rainfall on Monday threatened to push the river to 8.3 metres.


British Columbia


In B.C., flooding prompted the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen to order the evacuation of 148 properties in the Tulameen area because of “immediate danger to life and safety.”


The district declared a local state of emergency on Sunday.


Flooding near Cawston, B.C., has prompted the Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen to issue a local state of emergency. (RDOS/Twitter)


Warm weather is melting the unusually high snowpack across most of B.C., causing rivers and lakes to rise quickly. 


Emergency officials there say potential rainfall in various regions will likely make matters worse because the ground is already saturated.


Quebec


In some areas of Quebec,  rain and warm weather have led to flooding and authorities closely monitoring water levels across the province. 


In Lévis, some residents were being asked to leave their homes Monday morning as a precaution.



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