Morden residents are doing what they can to help neighbours, while others can only watch in awe.

The city that was under extreme drought condtions mere months ago, is now flooding as the dead horse creek has spilled its banks.

Helena lives on Ens Crecent in Morden, north of Gilmour Street, just off of 15th Street.

The Deadhorse Creek runs past her back yard. For now, Helena said their property is okay, and so far they have not sandbagged. However, some of the homes in their neighbourhood have been busy sandbagging all morning with the

Helena, Tina and Trey take a moment for a picture water running closer to their houses.

"My husband has lived in this area for fiftyish years, and I don't think he has ever sandbagged," said Helena. For now, Helena said it's just a matter of watching and waiting. "That's all you can do at this point, is pray that it doesn't rain too much, and that the water doesn't cause too much hardship for people."

Helena's next door neighbour, Tina Waite said the water has not breached the banks at the place, however, it has reached the top, which she says she has never seen before.

As the water continues to rise, and with the situation varying yard-to-yard and street-to-street, Waite said there is concern in the neigbourhood. "Two doors down from us, they are already sandbagging this morning."

Waite's son, Trey said he doesn't recall this much rain in his twelve years. "It's kind of crazy to see all of our friends houses so close to being flooded."

Shelly Heinrichs lives on 12th Street, just North of Parkhill Drive.

She said they often have water sitting in their backyard, however, when she woke up this morning to go grocery shopping, looking out her window, she noticed a lot of water on Parkhill.

Heinrichs describes some of what they saw around Morden when they went out to do their shopping.

"It's overflowing in so many places. Down by Tim Hortons, it's all overflowing there. We were at the dam this morning, and there's no beach left, because the water is right up to the boardwalk. But it will eventually go down over the dam...It's crazy going from drought last year, to water restrictions, and now we just have so much water."

Morden City Manager Nicole Reidle says the Parkhill Drive area of town is essentially not passable at this time. Meanwhile, the Alvey Street bridge has been completely washed out due to the rushing floodwaters of the Deadhorse Creek. In general, officials are asking residents to avoid travel around the city at this time.

Meanwhile, Southern Emergency Response Committee has opened up the Emergency Operations Centre in Morden.

If you are in need of assistance, please email request.serc@gmail.com

If you would like to offer help in the efforts, please email volunteer.serc@gmail.com

Sandbags are being prepared at the Morden Public Works shop, and residents can pick up as needed, or for sandbag requests, members of the public can also call 204-362-3986.

The City is asking residents to stay away from overland flooding areas along the creek, and to avoid the intersection at Mountain St and Parkhill Drive. Barricades have been placed on several roads, and residents are urged not to by-pass them.

Below video used with permission from Kelly Wieler:

 

 

The following video is being used with permission of Ankur Aggarwal

The following photo gallery was provided by Mary Elias, and shows the flooding at the Alvey Street bridge, which has been completely washed out, among other areas.