Get Out While You Can: Flooding Expected Along St. John River In New Brunswick

Communities along the southern reaches of the St. John River in New Brunswick should brace for the worst flooding since 1973, emergency officials warned Tuesday afternoon. "The residents in those regions have to be on high alert," said Greg MacCallum, director of the province’s Emergency Measures Organization. Five days after the river swelled over its banks in Fredericton, water levels south of the capital are still going up. They will continue to rise over the next 48 hours, possibly exceeding levels of 2008, when the last major flood occurred in the area, EMO said.