The local conservation authorities are pleased with the cooler weather.
Water levels and flows in rivers and streams are generally high, and based on the weather forecast for the next few days, levels are expected to slowly recede.
River ice is breaking up and moving in many river systems, and there is the potential for ice jams. Those areas are being monitored.
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority officials say channels have begun to open on smaller tributaries and as surface ice begins to break-up, there is the potential for ice jams to develop in the Lower Maitland River.
Residents are reminded to stay away from all watercourses as the extremely cold water combined with slippery and unstable stream banks has created hazardous conditions near all waterways.
**With files from Kirk Dickson and Marty Thompson**
