Heavy rainfall, snowmelt leads to flood warnings in northeastern Ontario

Jonathan Migneault · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 30, 2025 10:50 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Ontario's Ministry of Natural Resources has a flood informing successful spot for parts of northeastern Ontario, adjacent Sault Ste. Marie and Blind River, wherever respective highways are closed.

In an update the ministry said the flood informing volition stay successful effect until May 6.

"Residents passim the district, particularly those located successful the Goulais River watershed area, should support a adjacent ticker connected h2o conditions, and enactment distant from fast-moving rivers  and streams," the update said.

As of Wednesday morning, portion of Highway 17 northbound of Sault Ste. Marie was closed successful some directions owed to flooding.

Highway 546, northbound of Iron Bridge, was besides closed due to the fact that of flooding.

The ministry said a operation of dense rainfall successful immoderate areas and melting snowpack was liable for the flooding.

Ontario Provincial Police besides said Highway 65 is closed betwixt Elk Lake and Highway 66 owed to a washout. It said the closure could beryllium for respective days arsenic crews enactment connected repairs.

There are besides flood warnings successful spot for parts of Greater Sudbury, astir the Vermillion River betwixt Chelmsford and Whitefish.

"Some of those areas are seeing h2o implicit the roads. And residents are having to navigate that arsenic they spell backmost and distant from their homes," said Carl Jorgensen, the wide manager of Conservation Sudbury.