Article content The municipality says they are as ready as they can be for the upcoming flood season. If you walk along the coast of Fort McMurray’s lower townsite, you will see 3.5 kilometres of temporary clay berms, 2.3 kilometres of 170 triple dams, 2,000 tonnes of sand in 400 meters of sand bags and 100 meters of temporary mesh walls. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser. Gallery: Inside the municipality's $10-million flood mitigation plan for this year Back to video During a Thursday media tour of the municipality’s flood prevention measures for this year, Emergency Management Director Scott Davis said this year’s risk for flooding is average. But, this was also the risk for weeks leading up to last year’s flood.