Flood waters remain very high in Yukon

Flood waters remain very high in Yukon but after days of sandbagging, residents around Lake Laberge and the Southern Lakes are finally getting some positive news.

Flood warnings are posted for those regions but a statement from Yukon's Emergency Measures Organization says water levels are dropping.

It says levels of Bennett, Tagish and March lakes are still six to 15 centimetres above record water levels in 2007, but are dropping slowly, while the level of Lake Laberge has fallen 1.5 centimetres in the last 24 hours, and is now at 42 centimetres above 2007 levels.

One property on Lake Laberge has been ordered evacuated because of flooding and emergency officials say high streamflow advisories are also still in place for the Yukon River at Carmacks and Whitehorse.