High water will continue to wind its way through Prince George for the next couple of days but the worst should soon be over for this year's spring flood season, River Forecast Centre head David Campbell said Monday.
As of yesterday afternoon, the level at South Fort George was just under 9.4 metres and was expected to reach 9.7 to 10 metres by today.
However, that's still below the peak of 10.02 metres seen a week ago.
"Not fully out of the woods but not expecting higher levels than we've seen," Campbell said during a teleconference with provincial media. "And then once we're through that, at this point the weather's looking reasonable and we're expecting to see some drops."
B.C. Emergency Operations executive director Chris Duffy advised people to stay away from fast-flowing rivers and streams and to ensure their children and pets are also kept a safe distance from floodwaters.
All evacuation alerts and orders issued by the city's emergency operations centre remain in place and the city's evacuation support program will continue to provide short term emergency food and shelter assistance to residents on evacuation order.
Vehicle traffic in the South Fort George area remains restricted and both Cottonwood and Paddlewheel Parks are closed.
Meanwhile, as of Monday afternoon, Highway 16 East was down to single-lane alternating traffic at three locations - 26 kilometres east of the junction with Highway 5 due to flooding, eight kilometres west of the junction due to a slide, and 23 kilometres east of Slim Creek due to a slide.
