{"id":707,"date":"2011-04-14T15:15:07","date_gmt":"2011-04-14T20:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=707"},"modified":"2011-10-22T16:23:06","modified_gmt":"2011-10-22T21:23:06","slug":"rm-of-swan-river-state-of-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2011\/04\/14\/rm-of-swan-river-state-of-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"RM of Swan River State of Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-710\" title=\"washout\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washout.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The RM of Swan River is currently under a state of emergency.\u00a0 Reeve Lorne Henkelman indicated Council made the decision this morning as a result of safety concerns related to significant washouts on roadways throughout the RM.\u00a0<\/br> <a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-722\" title=\"road closed\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/road-closed.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Residents are urged to exercise extreme caution and to respect road closed signs.\u00a0 Crossings may not look serious on the surface, but many have been significantly undermined, creating a serious\u00a0safety concern.\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-714 alignnone\" title=\"washedout\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/washedout.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At this point there has only been 1 home threatened and the RM was\u00a0able to bring the situation under control by\u00a0cutting the road with machines, draining the water and sandbagging.<\/p>\n<p>Henkelman cautioned that people living along the Woody River should be extra vigilant as an increasingly high flow is expected over the Woody River this spring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_713\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-713\" title=\"bridge on woody river\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/bridge-on-woody-river.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ice jam against a bridge on the Woody River<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RM of Swan River is currently under a state of emergency.\u00a0 Reeve Lorne Henkelman indicated Council made the decision this morning as a result of safety concerns related to significant washouts on roadways throughout the RM.\u00a0 Residents are urged to exercise extreme caution and to respect road closed signs.\u00a0 Crossings may not look serious 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