“With moderate temperatures forecast and no major precipitation expected in the next few days, spring runoff from the central unregulated portion of the basin is expected to gradually decrease over the coming week,” the board said.
While water levels and flows from Pembroke to the edge of Ottawa have stabilized, they are expected to still keep increasing upstream from Pembroke, the board said.
New flood warning
Outside of the Ottawa River, the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority upgraded a flood watch to a flood warning for Dalhousie Lake and flood-prone areas of the river on Wednesday.
That means flooding is happening or likely about to happen in those areas. People should take precautions like checking sump pumps and moving valuables from basements, the authority said.
None of eastern Ontario’s five other conservation authorities, nor the area further north watched by the Ministry of Natural Resources, have a flood warning connected to the situation on the Ottawa River.
Quebec’s flood map mentions moderate flooding, which means a risk of evacuations and sewer backups, on the Petite Nation River near Ripon and the Coulonge River in Mansfield-et-Pontefract.
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