“I have never experienced a flood.”

Hope and her relatives are forced Escape from home on the weekendDuring the seasonal ice collapse, the Mackenzie River began to swell and flood the town. The flood also damaged local power plants and uprooted fuel tanks that had polluted the flood.

Hope and her sister, nine-year-old Kierstyn, said that when they first noticed water flowing into the road, they helped Jean Marie River sound the alarm.

Kierstyn said: “We told everyone, and then they started to be surprised.”

Hundreds of people from Jean Marie River (Jean Marie River) and Fort Simpson, Under Mackenzie.

Hope the sisters now live in a hotel in Providensburg upstream with their mother, uncle, grandparents and dog Hunter. All they can do is wait to see the water level until the officials say it is safe to return.

Shaylyn said: “It did cause emotional damage.” Shaylyn was happy that everyone was fine, but she still missed home.

“I just like everything there because it’s really beautiful.”

Stanley Sanguez, chief of Jean Marie River Aboriginal, said Tuesday morning that when he left the community on Monday night, the river level appeared to have stabilized.

He said: “I don’t think the increase in water will exceed the current level.”

Joachim Bonnetrouge, chief of the Deh Gah Got’ie First Nations in Providence, said on Tuesday that his community will do its best to provide help and shelter to the displaced.

Bonnetrouge said: “We have always been a very welcoming community, and we all know that we are friendly.”

“It will be a challenge, but I think we can handle it.”

Things might get worse

Sangers said he was worried about Fort Simpson. The community is located in the lower reaches of an island at the confluence of the Mackenzie and Liard rivers, and officials there are anxiously watching the ice on the Mackenzie River.

Liard flooded the town, and once Mackenzie broke the ice, people worried that things would get worse.

Fort Simpson Mayor Sean Whelly said Tuesday morning that conditions were relatively calm overnight, and the water might even drop slightly. But it is still very high.

Watch | Helicopter footage shows the flooding in the NWT community:

In the spring, flooding caused by the rupture of the rivers on the Riyadh and Mackenzie rivers forced the evacuation of residents of the northwestern region, including Fort Simpson and the Jean Mary River. CBC’s Eden Maury conducted a survey of the two communities from the air on May 10. 3:23

He said: “Nothing happened last night. So we just sit here patiently and wait to see what happens today.”

Huili said he hoped that the ice would move in front of Fort Simpson to “make room” for McKenzie’s rising water. He said that if ice continues to accumulate, more water may continue to flow into the town.

Huili said that at the same time, residents and volunteers are still devoting a lot of time trying to deal with emergencies. Some workers set up camps at the water plant to monitor the situation there.

According to the village’s Facebook page, the water plant and power plant supplying the town have been closed.

He said: “People are at a loss. All emergency service providers, medical staff, village staff, volunteers… I am a little worried that they will start to burn out.”

“People are stepping up, they are doing what needs to be done.”

Floyd McPherson, an evacuation person from Fort Simpson, is now waiting in the Fort Smith community. He said he was forced to leave his home unknowingly, but he expressed his deep concern thank.

He said: “It’s better to be safe here than there.” “It seems we are going to stay here for a while.”