Perth County municipalities continue to monitor weather situation

All municipalities in geographic Perth County continue to closely monitor the current weather situation.

For your family’s safety, avoid unnecessary travel, and if you have to drive, expect challenging conditions.

County and municipal roads crews have been working to ensure roads are properly treated.

For County and local municipal road closures, please see www.municipal511.ca

Drive according to conditions and carry a vehicle emergency kit.

Environment Canada is warning for the potential of heavy rainfall. At this time, conservation authorities do not expect water levels to be as high as the recent event in February of this year.

Water levels will rise throughout the weekend, with peaks developing early Monday upstream.

Residents are reminded to use extreme caution near all watercourses, and to keep children and pets away. Streambanks are slippery and the water is very cold.

Check the Hydro One outage map for more information:
https://www.hydroone.com/StormCenter3/

For some excellent emergency preparedness information, check Perth County’s emergency preparedness web page:
https://www.perthcounty.ca/…/co…/emergency-preparedness.aspx