Floods damage homes, close roads in Port Bruce

Image | Bee Line Parks

Caption: Water covers the entrance of Bee Line Parks, leaving it flooded and littered with ice chunks and other debris. (Colin Butler/CBC)

CBC London reporter Colin Butler took a drive through Port Bruce today, where residents are dealing with high flood waters and damage from ice dams.
The community on Lake Erie just east of Port Stanley woke up to flooded properties and some road closures on Tuesday.
The flood waters began to recede by Tuesday afternoon, but the damage was considerable.
Here are some of Butler's photos.

Image | BeeLine Parks

Caption: The combination of steady rain and warm temperatures caused Tuesday's mid-winter flood. Colder temperatures are expected to return on Wednesday. (Colin Butler/CBC)

Image | Beeline park

Caption: Environment Canada was calling for rainfall amounts from Monday night through Wednesday to be in the 50 to 75 mm range. (Colin Butler/CBC)

Image | House surrounded by water in Port Bruce

Caption: This house was surrounded by flood waters on Imperial Road in Port Bruce. (Colin Butler/CBC)

Image | Ron Shelley

Caption: Ron Shelley surveys flood damage in the backyard of his home in Port Bruce. As bad as this flood was, he says a the area endured a much worse flood in 1984. (Colin Butler/CBC)

Image | Port Bruce flood damage

Caption: The flood sent large chunks of ice into Ron Shelley's back yard, causing considerable damage. (Colin Butler/CBC)

Image | Flood road closed

Caption: A sign marks a road closure on Imperial Road in Port Bruce. (Colin Butler/CBC)