Easter weekend dampened by flooding in the Townships

By Emilie Hackett, Special to the Record – After a close call for flooding earlier last week, Sherbrooke’s municipal emergency preparedness organization (OMSC) released a statement on Saturday, April 20 that the St. Francis River had overflowed its banks in several different areas around Sherbrooke after it exceeded 21 feet. The Aylmer Bridge probe recorded a fast elevation on Saturday, with water levels climbing from 16.2 feet in the early hours of the morning to its highest level, 21.8 feet, at 10:30 p.m. Levels stabilized around 20.6 feet all of Sunday, and the river began going down around 8 a.m. on Monday morning. It was recorded at 19.1 feet at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 22. See full story in the Tuesday, April 23 edition of The Record.