Some Wasa residents may have this week been celebrating the anniversary of their Flood of 2012 – toasts to getting past the damages caused and moving on.

But Mother Nature was apparently not satisfied with visiting flood upon the lake and surrounding properties – as she’s back again.

Regional officials are sounding the alarm, delivering sandbagging materials to the Wasa Community Hall and again warning residents to keep a close eye on the rising waters – almost exactly one year later.

The sudden surge of the Kootenay River last week, a waterway already formidable during freshet, saw it sloshing over its banks in a manner not seen last year, even though its surge was responsible for the flooding at Wasa.

While flooding threats are subsiding in the Elk Valley, despite the still angry flow of the Elk River, Wasa residents are once again facing flood waters.

Ian Cobb/e-KNOW

All images courtesy of Wasa resident Krista Nebloch

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