St Marys Ontario - Photos and happenings in this Southwestern Ontario Canada town

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Flooding

The Flats, St Marys, Ontario
Kinpark, St Marys, Ontario
Yesterday, warm temperatures that melted snow creating 125 mm of water as well as 25 mm of rain and caused flooding in St Marys. This morning, the Thames River and Trout Creek were 70 mm lower but the Flats and Kinpark, shown above, were still under water.

704 cubic metres of water per second was flowing through the town yesterday afternoon. St Marys hasn't seen that much water since the spring melt in 1977.