As the Pembroke section of the Ottawa River levels off, new areas downstream saw levels continue to climb on Friday.
Terry Milks' cottage in Clarendon is currently surrounded by water. He says this year is comparable to 2017 levels."And hopefully that's the end of it; hopefully, it will start receding from here on."
"One thing about these kinds of situations is you learn what you did right and what you did wrong so you can do it better going forward." In a statement, the ORRPB said flooding could never be fully stopped, but there are two ways to mitigate it: by using reservoirs to regulate volume and by providing early notice of high flows to authoritative bodies that send out messaging.
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