Insights and Stories on Flooding

May. 3, 2017 at 2:51 pm CDT

Montreal | Reuters — Flooding in towns across Quebec has forced hundreds of residents from their homes, and public security officials fear water levels will rise further with forecasters expecting rain Friday, local media reported on Wednesday. Heavy rains early this week have flooded towns in several areas across the […]

By Allison Lampert

Mar. 31, 2017 at 2:25 pm CDT

CNS – It looks to be a soggy month of April for most farmers across the eastern portion of the Prairies. The three-month forecast, starting in April, for southern Saskatchewan calls for above-normal precipitation while the area around Winnipeg is expected to see a number of systems moving through the […]

By Dave Sims

Mar. 7, 2017 at 4:15 pm CST

CNS Canada –– Road closures across most of western Manitoba due to a late-winter storm are likely only the start of the headaches to come, as flooding and/or late seeding may be a reality in many areas this spring. Meteorologist Drew Lerner of World Weather Inc. in Kansas City said […]

By Phil Franz-Warkentin

Feb. 27, 2017 at 7:53 pm CST

Areas of Manitoba are at moderate to major risk of flooding, according to the province’s first full flood outlook for the spring. Levels of future snowfall and/or rainfall, the timing and speed of snowmelt, and the runoff timing in Manitoba, the U.S., Saskatchewan and Ontario are still “key factors,” the […]

By Staff

Feb. 9, 2017 at 7:16 pm CST

Thanks to above-normal temperatures that drew down much of Saskatchewan’s snowpack in January, the province now sees “below normal runoff potential” in most areas outside the southeast. Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency on Thursday released its 2017 preliminary outlook for spring runoff, noting the province has another six to 10 weeks […]

By Staff