Emergency Management Ontario

Flooding in Peterborough

As of 2pm ET, July 22, the State of Local Emergency in the City of Peterborough, due to recent flooding, remains in effect. The recovery efforts continue, and electricity has been restored to most residences. Natural gas is also in the process of being reconnected. Emergency Management Ontario's Provincial Emergency Response Team members are still deployed to the City of Peterborough. The Peterborough County-City Health Unit recommends that water from private wells which had been flooded should not be consumed. For more information regarding health concerns related to the flooding in Peterborough, please visit the Peterborough County-City Public Health Unit Web site.

This emergency was officially terminated at 8:30 a.m. July 29, 2004.