Frantic efforts were underway Monday night to top up existing dikes along the Assiniboine River, and to fortify previously unprotected properties along the LaSalle River system. The province plans to move mobile flood protection equipment into threatened areas as quickly as possible.
About 900 homes and businesses have been placed on evacuation alert in the city of 40,000, which means residents should be prepared to leave their homes on short notice.
City council met Sunday to issue the emergency declaration as river levels rose beyond earlier predicted levels and sandbag dikes were reinforced. The Assiniboine River reached the highest level in Brandon in recorded history last Thursday.
Protective dikes were being raised another 36 centimetres Sunday as water levels at the First Street Bridge rose more than 13 centimetres in the past 24 hours.
My Thoughts
Floods happen all the time during spring time when the snow is melting. But why is the worst flood in a hundred years happening now? Why are so many bad things happening to everyone now?
It's hard for the people that had to be forced to evacuate their homes or it's already been flooded, because all their belongings are being left behind or ruined in the floods waters. some people are lucky that they live in areas were they aren't being evacuated or flooded by the waters.
Lots of people took time out of their day to help fill sandbags for the people that need it to stop the waters from coming into their homes. They are being Thanked for the help and they are nice people to help the people that really need it.
Maybe, the Natural Disasters that are happening are the earth's way of saying that it's going to end.
What do you think all these Natural Disasters mean?
I just wish the rain would finally stop so it doesn't get even worse
ReplyDeleteI noticed that lots of places were effected this year by all of the flooding . I still cant believe it is happening in Brandon though.
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