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New Brunswick flooding approaches record
St. John, New Brunswick | May 09, 2008 12:01:13 AM IST
Water levels in the rising St. John River in eastern Canada's province of New Brunswick are expected to break record levels, emergency officials said Wednesday. The provincial Emergency Measures Organization issued an alert Wednesday of a major flood warning to all areas along the St. John River following heavy rain that compounded spring snow melt, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp., reported. Officials said the river's 1973 record of 28 feet above sea level, which is 7 feet above flood stage, was likely to occur in St. John by Thursday. It was at 23 1/2 feet and rising midday Wednesday, officials said. Rain this week in northwestern Maine and southern Quebec was contributing to the surge in New Brunswick, At a news conference, provincial Public Safety Minister John Foran said all emergency organizations are on high alert, but said there was no need to declare a state of emergency or mandate evacuations, the report said. Foran said the Canadian military was on standby should there be a need for heavy vehicles or additional emergency support, the CBC said. (UPI)
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