Crews in Peguis First Nation ramp up flood protection in anticipation of more rain
CBC
With more rain expected this week, the flood fight in Peguis First Nation is taking on renewed urgency today, with crews working rapidly to build up dikes and sandbagging around homes.
Water levels in the community have gone down in recent days, enough so that a tractor trailer was able to make a delivery to the local grocery store.
But rain in the forecast has residents worried water levels will rise back up again.
The province's flood forecaster met with community leaders Sunday, telling them that with the added precipitation, the area could see water levels rise back up again by 30 centimetres or more, said Chief Glenn Hudson.
That's prompted the First Nation to add more sandbags and reinforce Tiger Dams around homes, he said.
A big part of the reason the water is down is because the community has been shutting down the main road every evening to pump water from one side of the road to the other, where it runs off toward the river.
That's really helped bring the levels down, Hudson said, but people are getting worn out.
"We have a lot of people that are fatigued, tired, but we continue to forge on as far as protecting our home and our our communities. So that's the only right thing to do for us."
Sandbag crews have been working hard for ten days now, trying to save as many homes as they can.
Kiwedin McPherson has been leading one of the crews in Peguis. On Monday, he said they were hoping to sandbag at least five homes.
"We're guaranteed to save as much of people's homes as we can," he said.
"It takes a toll, but with our crew, we switch every time someone needs a break. We always help each other out."
For the last 10 days, Terron Wilson has been out in the community checking on people's homes and pets they couldn't take with them, or bringing people supplies.
Things did get dicey for him and a teammate when his ATV started to sink into the water a couple days ago. He said he had to jump into the chest-high water to get it out.
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