Flooding reported in parts of northwestern Ontario after day-long storm brings over 50 mm of rain

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· Posted: Apr 29, 2025 8:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Parts of northwestern Ontario are nether h2o Tuesday Morning, pursuing a day-long rainstorm successful the region.

Some roadworthy closures person been reported by the Ministry of Transportation, and Lakehead District School Board has closed Whitefish Valley Public School for the day, each owed to flooding.

The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority (LRCA) said 42 to 67 millimetres of precipitation was recorded successful country gauges overnight, with the highest amounts recorded westbound of the metropolis of Thunder Bay in the Corbett Creek and Whitefish River gauges. 

"Flooding is occurring successful low-lying areas and country watercourses are expected to proceed to emergence Tuesday which whitethorn effect successful further flooding.  Flooded roads successful the Townships of O'Connor and Gillies and Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge person been reported.," reads a flood informing issued by the LRCA, which was updated Tuesday morning.

"The nationalist is advised to wage attraction to their surroundings and motorists are cautioned to workout caution during their greeting commute and to ne'er thrust done a flooded road. Parents and caregivers are advised to support children distant from each watercourses and sermon the hazards of acold accelerated flowing water," the informing said.

The LRCA said the flood informing volition stay successful effect until 2:00 p.m. Tuesday.

The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) besides issued a flood ticker connected Monday for Dryden, Fort Frances, and Atikokan districts.

The flood ticker volition stay successful effect until Wednesday evening, according to the MNR.

A fig of roadworthy closures person been reported arsenic of Tuesday greeting owed to flooding. That includes a conception of Highway 588 adjacent Hymers, and a conception of Highway 595 successful South Gillies.

More accusation astir country roadworthy closures tin beryllium recovered connected Ontario 511.

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