Dormitories at the University of Maine at Fort Kent were evacuated today, and classes have been canceled for the week, because of flooding on the campus, at the state’s northernmost tip.
About 150 students were relocated to facilities at the University of Maine at Presque Isle and at Northern Maine Community College, as water overflowed the banks of the Fish and St. John Rivers. The inundation forced the municipal sewer plant to close, knocking out showers and toilets on the campus.
The swift melting of this past winter’s heavy snows and three inches of rain wilean 24 hours are the cause of the flooding, the Associated Press says.
Classes are scheduled to resume on Monday, May 5, and final examinations will be held the following Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. —Hurley Goodall