| Comments | Saint John River Basin NB, March 31 – April 5, 1976. Town of Woodstock, Villages of Hartland, Ste Anne de Madawaska, Perth-Andover and Green River, New Brunswick; some river systems in the northeast of New Brunswick were also affected; cyclonic storms and high snowmelt rate contributed to cause severe ice jam flooding, inundated regional highways and municipal streets as well as railroads and bridges; massive ponds formed in some residential areas; losses in crops and livestock; a State of Emergency was declared; 400 people were evacuated as the flood submerged about 200 homes, several businesses, and a junior high school; 2 people died, one from a trail derailment, the other drowned. |