<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3fqdOz_0zu22PJv00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3fqdOz_0zu22PJv00" width="1200" height="600" >WASHBURN, Maine (WAGM) - Ice jams on the Aroostook River are causing flooding and roadway closures. The Grimes Road and the North Caribou Road are closed to traffic due to the flooding and a bridge at the end of Gardeners Creek in Washburn is completely underwater. News Source 8 Reporter Megan Waceken has more about the flooding. “At the beginning of the winter we had some cold weather. Ice started to form. We had some warm weather,, ice started to move around it refroze so I tahini that’s really on of the things that’s plugging up that river over there right now.” The Aroostook River is full of ice jamming up and causing flooding throughout roads. Both Grimes Road and the North Caribou Road were closed to traffic. A resident of Caribou was on scene of the North Caribou road flood getting images with a drone. He declined to be on camera but did say that in 30 years this was the worst he has seen the flood get. “The road is flooded and impassible so that has been closed until further notice. Fort Fairfield working pretty hard right now at the pump house and stuff like that so we’re in communication with them ”Folks in the Washburn and Wade area are also seeing some flooding in roadways“The Camp road bridge that’s at the end of Gardeners Creek is completely underwater so that bridge is unpassable right now and we are just waiting for that jam to let go so that the residents that are at those camps can get back into town to do the everyday things that they need to do.”5 miles of jammed ice in the Saint John Valley River sites Between Allagash and St Francis. As of Friday morning, some movement has started and officials are watching low dips in the road carefully.“Myself and the director are watching this constantly even when we are not on the clock or in the office we are watching it on our phone and talking to people pretty much throughout the night.” Officials remind folks that to not cross a flooded roadway because it might not be safe. The moto from the National weather service is, “Turn around, don’t drown.”“Don’t ever drive out on a flooded road because you don’t know what’s underneath the water. It might look like the roads there but it might just be pavement. It could be eroded underneath. It’s just not safe, it’s not worth taking the risk to drive across a road that’s flooded”Officials say that although flooding happens every year there is no way to predict how long it’ll take for roadways to clear up. Officials say they will continue to monitor areas throughout the county.</div></body>

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WASHBURN, Maine (WAGM) - Ice jams on the Aroostook River are causing flooding and roadway closures. The Grimes Road and the North Caribou Road are closed to traffic due to the flooding and a bridge at the end of Gardeners Creek in Washburn is completely underwater. News Source 8 Reporter Megan Waceken has more about the flooding.

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WASHBURN, Maine (WAGM) - Ice jams on the Aroostook River are causing flooding and roadway closures. The Grimes Road and the North Caribou Road are closed t

Ice Jams Cause County Road Closures

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