Municipal crews across the Saanich Peninsula are responding to multiple cases of localized flooding as heavy rains continue to impact the region with winds gathering offshore.

Perhaps the most visible effect of the rain is the flooding along Reay Creek in Sidney. Barriers greeted visitors to the area near Victoria International Airport after the creek has risen over its banks, flooding paths and bridges along the creek. Residents living in the area were also surveying the nearby Reay Creek dam and the pond created by it. Several homes ring the pond and residents were walking along the edge with a close eye on water levels.

Sidney staff could also be seen taking pictures of the dam Monday morning.

Summer Sinclair and her three children Jeremiah, Cheyenne and Savannah were among area residents surveying the flooding along the creek.

Sinclair said she has never seen anything like it as she and her children stood at the edge of the new pond that had formed around the half-submerged bridge off Frost Avenue that would normally allow residents to cross.

With raining continuing to fall, the municipality has since set up a self-serve sand bag area at Iroquois Park.

The Town of Sidney has set up a sandbag station at Iroquois Park. If you need to protect your home from flooding, please come by.

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Drivers in North Saanich, meanwhile, had to contend with deep pools of water along West Saanich Road in the Deep Cove area Monday morning as water filling ditches along Wain Road had crested on the roadway.

Flooding has also closed Chalet Road, according to municipal staff. A section of Chalet Road has been washed out by Chalet Creek.

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Flooding is also impacting Central Saanich Road and Mount Newton Cross Road, among areas in Central Saanich, according to municipal staff.

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Britt Burnham, manager of community services with the district, said the municipality has opened a self-serve sandbag station outside the public works yard at 1703 Keating X Rd. with sand, shovels and bags. The municipality is also asking residents to report clogged storm drains or other non-emergency issues to public works at 250-544-4224.

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The District of North Saanich is also asking the public for support and patience.

Thank you for your patience as we address these problems and respond to the needs of people impacted by the heavy downpours and localized flooding.

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The municipality is ask residents to report drainage issues and clogged storm drains to public works by phone at 250-655-5480 or by email to admin@northsaanich.ca. If residents are calling after business hours, they can call the after-hours line at 250-920-9235.

Environment Canada is predicting rainfall amounts of 100 to 180 millimetres by noon today, according to a rainfall warning for Greater Victoria issued at 6:10 a.m. Monday morning. Environment Canada has also issued a wind warning for Greater Victoria with west winds of 70 km/h gusting to 90 km/h near the Juan de Fuca Strait today.

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