Posted: May 09, 2021 1:34 PM CT | Last Updated: May 9
Paul Simon said the water reached five feet high on his mother s teepee in Jean Marie River.(Paul Thunder-Stealer/Facebook)
Twenty-two homes in Jean Marie River have been damaged by water and contaminated with fuel after the Mackenzie River flooded the N.W.T. community on both Friday and Saturday nights, according to the community s chief.
Chief Stanley Sanguez told CBC News the band office and the school in the lower lying downtown area were also affected.
The community of fewer than 100 people only has 26 homes in it, he said. The water went so high that it uprooted all the fuel tanks, you could literally smell diesel all over, he explained. The fuel that got into the houses is going to embed right in the lumber. It [doesn t] matter how you wash it, you ll still have that smell.
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