Dear citizens,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ottawa River<\/strong> is expected to reach levels that could cause minor flooding in some areas<\/strong>. However, the situation could intensify by Sunday, April 19<\/strong>, due to milder temperatures and the influx of water from the melting snow of Temiskaming. However, colder temperatures expected starting Sunday are expected to slow the snowmelt<\/strong> and the progression of the flood. 10 mm of rain is expected Saturday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our teams are fully mobilized<\/strong> and a notice to the population will be issued daily<\/strong> to keep you informed of the evolution of the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We urge the public to exercise caution<\/strong>, including by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n NOTE THAT CENTENNIAL PARK AND PUMP TRACK ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n We also ask for your cooperation to avoid wasting drinking water<\/strong> until the end of the flood, to reduce the pressure on the water treatment plant equipment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Sand is available free of charge in the arena courtyard<\/strong>\u00a0for filling sandbags. To obtain a desired quantity of bags, please contact\u00a0819-664-0301<\/strong>. Filling bags remains the responsibility of citizens.We are counting on your vigilance and remain attentive to the situation to ensure everyone’s safety. For any additional information or danger reports, please contact the municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear citizens, The Ottawa River is expected to reach levels that could cause minor flooding in some areas. However, the situation could intensify by Sunday, April 19, due to milder temperatures and the influx of water from the melting snow of Temiskaming. However, colder temperatures expected starting Sunday are expected to slow the snowmelt and the progression of the flood. 10 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":180761,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-public-notices"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180765"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":180773,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180765\/revisions\/180773"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fortcoulonge.qc.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
As of April 17, at 3 p.m., Coulonge Lake<\/strong> was 107.97 m<\/strong>; the forecast is for a level of about 108.3 m <\/strong>on Sunday, with Coulonge River outflows of up to 400 m\u00b3\/s<\/strong>. These levels could be slightly exceeded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n