The water levels of the St. John River are now expected to reach or exceed the 1973 levels in Fredericton and Maugerville in the next 24 hours, New Brunswick's Emergency Measures Organization said on Wednesday. - Those levels are also expected to be reached in more southern areas as the crest moves down river. The St. John River reached 8.6 metres in 1973. - Emergency Measures issued a alert to New Brunswickers on Wednesday afternoon the river levels have now reached a "major flood warning to all areas along the St. John River." - The heavy rain fall has ended over the St. John River basin but rain in the western parts of the province have received more than 100 millimetres of rain since Monday. - The water flows in the St. John River are increasing throughout the basin with the greatest rate of increase in the northern and middle portions. - Rain in northwestern Maine and southern Quebec, however, will flow downstream and...