High Water Levels Following Heavy Rain in January

In Local, Weather

With the onslaught of rain we received yesterday, today, on Thursday, January 24, 2019 a number of areas were close to flooding.
The creek along Covert Street nearly overflowed overnight and on Thursday, on North Shore Road in Grafton the ditches were reaching capacity and a Cobourg Creek Golf Course an ice jammed formed along the creek to the Elgin/Ontario Street bridge.

Pete Fisher
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Has been a photojournalist for over 30-years and have been honoured to win numerous awards for photography and writing over the years. Best selling author for the book Highway of Heroes - True Patriot Love

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