Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who came out over the last two days, the Katzie First Nation are prepared for possible flooding.
All 18,000 sandbags have been filled and stacked around important infrastructure on Katzie properties. No more volunteers are needed at this time.
Local residents are now moving items from their yards that could float away, or cause environmental damage, and they are extremely grateful for the help, especially from the 91原创 students who put in hours of effort, said Debbie Miller, Chief Negotiator for the Katzie First Nation.
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Edge students helping Katzie First Nation with flood protection
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Miller is hopeful the community will come out to help again with cleanup efforts, after the flood alert has passed.
鈥淎lthough we鈥檝e gotten support to sandbag and help protect us from the water, sometimes where we鈥檙e really lacking support is the cleanup afterwards, because now we鈥檙e left with infrastructure that鈥檚 been sandbagged, and it takes just as much effort to remove sandbags as it does to place them,鈥� Miller said.
鈥淪o we would hope and ask that some people would come back and help support us as we get rid of our temporary flood protection.鈥�
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As of Friday afternoon, the Mission gauge shows , and the water levels are forecast to rise. An emergency alert for unprotected areas of Northwest 91原创 remains in place from the Township of 91原创.
According to the , the rising river levels are expected to continue into next week, due to the hot weather expected in the coming days.
鈥淔lows are expected to continue to rise into the weekend, with flows at Hope expected to reach the 11,500-12,000 m3/s range this weekend and into next week,鈥� a May 18 high stream-flow advisory states.
鈥淲ater levels forecast at Mission of 6.0 m on May 18, 6.4 m on May 20 (similar to peak water levels in 2012) and up to 6.57 m on May 21.鈥�
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