Mayor Jim Diodati says they start arriving this weekend, escaping damaged homes
Niagara Falls is expecting what could be 1,000 evacuees of a Northern Ontario First Nation, that is dealing with flooding.
Mayor Jim Diodati says the weather is also not helping Kashechewan residents, who's waste water plant has been impacted.
He adds they're arriving this weekend, which can be better than the summer. "Because obviously we're very, very busy in the summertime, and there's not a lot of vacancies, but now it's wintertime.... not that you ever want a problem to happen, if there's one to happen, this is a good time for that, we can do more to help more people."
He adds the silver lining is being in Niagara Falls will be a new experience for many of them.
He feels for the evacuees, who face forest fires in the summer. "Because of the situation now, pipes are bursting in their living quarters, and it's creating a bigger issue. And also with their nurses, and their medical health system, everything is crumbling with this storm and the flooding."
He says they'll stay in Niagara Falls until experts can fix the problems.
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