Flooding on Darlings Island in May of 2018. (Staff photo)
The five-day water level forecast along the lower Saint John River continues to look promising.
According to River Watch, water levels were just shy of 3.5 metres at Saint John on Tuesday morning, about 70 centimetres below flood stage.
The current forecast shows water levels dropping to 3.0 metres by Friday and remaining steady through the weekend.
Further upriver, water levels are also expected to drop slightly at Gagetown, Jemseg and Grand Lake, and remain steady at Fredericton, Maugerville and Oak Point. ); } return false; }); $( #comments .commentlist .comment-content a ).attr( target , blank );
Water Levels Expected To Slowly Drop This Week
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Gagetown slightly above flood stage on Saturday
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FREDERICTON Flood forecasters in New Brunswick are keeping a close eye on the Saint John River but say the forecast for the Easter long weekend looks favourable. Geoffrey Downey, a spokesman for the province s River Watch program, says a massive ice jam at Perth-Andover, near the border with Maine, remains in place but is starting to erode. There was a big channel running through it yesterday, which is good, so it s not holding back any water, Downey said Thursday. He said, however, that there have been reports of people on the ice jam taking photos. We can t stress enough how dangerous that is, and (it) becomes dangerous for anyone who might have to go to rescue them, Downey said.
New Brunswick officials Monitoring Ice jams on St John River
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