Record-low water levels reported across most of drought-hit N.W.T.
Ryan Connon, a hydrologist with the Environment and Climate Change, said that also means an elevated risk of high water at breakup this year for the Peel River.
![Record-low water levels reported across most of drought-hit N.W.T.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6848628.1684449402!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/fort-mcpherson-cabin.jpg)
![A cabin stranded among high water from the Peel River across from Fort McPherson, N.W.T. Water, ice, trees around a small cabin.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.6848628.1684449402!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/fort-mcpherson-cabin.jpg)
Ryan Connon, a hydrologist with the Environment and Climate Change, said that also means an elevated risk of high water at breakup this year for the Peel River.