March 11 started off like any other day but within hours a section of Highway 65 West at the intersection of Wilson Drive in Temiskaming Shores had turned into a small lake as flash flooding caused major problems. This scene was looking out over the Wilson Chevrolet Buick GMC parking lot showing the vast accumulation of water caused by warm temperatures and rapidly melting snow that caught the City of Temiskaming Shores and many businesses off guard. Within a 24-hour period winter-like temperatures had returned to the region. (Staff photo by Sue Nielsen)

Region hit hard by melting snow and high winds

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Sue Nielsen Speaker Reporter TEMISKAMING SHORES — A combination of mild temperatures in the 15 C range, combined with rapidly melting snow and high winds, caused flooding in areas of…

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Region hit hard by melting snow and high winds was last modified: March 17th, 2021 by Editorial Staff