"It's insane." Humans aren't the only ones who get hit when a river floods. In Hay River, some residents are reporting a surge in evacuee mice, rats and muskrats.
PositionCaitrin was a Local Journalism Initiative reporter for Cabin Radio in 2022 and 2023.
JoinedJanuary 30, 2022
Local Journalism Initiative reporter, Dehcho and housing. Contact Caitrin
As mud clings to Hay River long after the water left, residents rally – but some struggle to imagine how this can be cleaned up. Questions over the cost linger.
A Yellowknife home opened its doors to more than a dozen people as evacuees and relatives frantically figured out how to cope with Hay River's flooding.
"When something breaks, it's complicated." Sambaa K'e, in the NWT's Dehcho, is designing a housing action plan. Already, some issues are bigger than expected.
Flood season is normally a problem for the West Point First Nation, but 2022 was "like nothing we've ever seen." Efforts to rebuild are just beginning.
Returning home this week, many of the South Slave's evacuees have one question uppermost in their minds: are the animals all right?
