'We're basically underwater': Flooding displaces Hay River, N.W.T., residents
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In 14 years of river watch, Hay River's Roger Candow said he's never seen the river rise so quickly and so high.
"I've never seen it like this," Candow, standing by the raging Hay River, told CBC North's Loren McGinnis.
Residents are setting up at the evacuation centre in Hay River after unprecedented flooding pushed waters up, engulfing the Paradise Gardens area and requiring an emergency rescue by the Canadian Coast Guard.
Candow described water cresting over a bank that usually drops 25 feet down.
"Here we are, locked out of Paradise," he said, pointing to a road that is now a river, and greenhouses that have been destroyed by rising waters.
Ray Coombs just returned home from being down south.
"To witness the terrible state that Hay River is in right now … we're basically underwater," he said.
Coombs said he is trying to recover what he can.
"Everyone is safe and sound. That's the main thing. Everything else can be replaced."
There are evacuation orders for Vale Island, West Channel and Paradise Gardens.
As of Monday afternoon, the alert remained in place for riverfront properties, including the Corridor, Miron Drive, McBryan Drive, Capital Drive (Downtown) and Riverview Drive.
Evacuees like Christopher Shaver, his partner and her daughter and dog are among the displaced.
"I did everything I could … running pumps and I wasn't getting anywhere. There was nothing left for me to do there so I evacuated last night."
Without asking, people offered up RVs and places to stay. He expects they will settle into a camper tonight.
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