Some Schools Closed, While Buses Forced To Find Other Routes Due To Flooding

It was a busy night for crews as they kept a close eye on flooding in Greater Moncton.

There was a lot of localized flooding yesterday and this morning, many of the side streets are still covered in water. A reminder not to try and drive through, because you never know how deep the water will be.

Main routes are just wet, and much of the ice has melted away. You’ll still find a lot of slippery spots on some of the secondary routes.

In the northern part of the province, Anglophone North schools are closed. Roads there are either flooded, or still covered in ice.

Schools in Francophone South in Baie-Sainte-Anne, Fredericton, Miramichi, Oromocto, Richibucto, Rogersville and Saint-Louis-de-Kent are also closed today.

There was an extensive list of school bus delays, due to water on roads. Many school buses has to find alternate routes, due to water on roadways.

Moncton didn’t receive as much rain as other parts of the province.

Environment Canada Meteorologist Marshall Hawkins says most fell to the west of the Hub City, “Mechanic Settlement has come in at around 70 millimetres. Sussex with about 54 and further west in the province as we move towards Woodstock with around 52 millimetre, and Miramichi had 51 millimetres. So the bulk of the rain, you can see was confined to the western/central area.”

Winds were a big problem for some communities.

Hawkins says, “The winds were actually quite strong. Saint John overnight went to 102 kilometres per hour. Sussex peaked at 96, and Moncton saw gusts around 70 kilometres an hour. Most of the really high wind was confined to the Fundy Coast.:

Saint John saw gusts of up to 102 kilometres. Sussex peaked at 96 kilometres and Moncton felts gusts around 70 kilometres an hour.

Hawkins says temperatures will dip into tonight, but we aren’t expected to get that rapid freeze like earlier this week, because it will be a gradual dip.

We’ll get a bit of a break from the wild weather, but he says there is the potential for a storm next week.   There is still a lot of uncertainty with it at this point.