Evacuation order lifted in Perth-Andover, N.B. as immediate flood risk shrinks

WATCH ABOVE: The mandatory evacuation is over, but residents are still nervous in Perth-Andover. Laura Brown reports.

PERTH-ANDOVER, N.B. – A western New Brunswick village has removed a mandatory evacuation order as officials say any immediate risk of flooding from an ice jam appears to have passed.

The community of Perth-Andover declared a state of emergency on the weekend over flooding concerns from the St. John River and a mandatory evacuation was ordered for about 300 people.

The village says while water levels have since dropped, they are monitoring an ice jam and water flows up the river at the Grand Falls dam.

A flood in 2012 destroyed 75 buildings in the community and prompted the relocation of some homes to higher ground.

With files from Laura Brown, Global News