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Mother Nature isn’t letting up on B.C.’s south coast just yet. Heavy rain Friday night and Saturday morning, combined with melting snow, left streets flooded throughout Metro Vancouver.
City crews throughout the region were hard at work Saturday morning trying to clear the storm drains of snow in order to let the water through.
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In the next day or two, Calgary Water Services will receive a new emergency response trailer containing 40 U.S. flood control tubes (15 metres each) and pumps for filling them.  The tubes can be laid out, connected with sleeves, and stacked in pyramids to form varying lengths and heights of dams.  They are quick to set […]

On November 25, the Nova Scotia Emergency Management Office recommended that residents in some flood-prone areas of the province monitor weather conditions and take appropriate precautions to protect their property against possible flooding over the next few days. The recommendation was issued after Environment Canada predicted heavy rainfall and above freezing temperatures for some areas—the […]

On November 17, B.C. Environment Minister Barry Penner announced the purchase of a new domestic satellite data retrieval system (DOMSAT), which will reduce the time needed to retrieve critical weather, snow and river data used to warn British Columbians about potential flooding. Mr. Penner indicated that the new system would provide information one to six […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-211, on November 1,
Transport Québec announced that the detour around a break on Highway 138 in the Minganie region of the province would open at 23:00. EDT.
(Source: Government of Quebec1 November 2008)
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On October 29, Radio-Canada reported that flooding on the Pigou River caused a break in a section of Highway 138 in the North Shore region of Quebec. Since Highway 138 is the only link between Sept-Îles and the Minganie region, residents east of Sept-Îles have been isolated. A spokesperson for Transport Quebec indicated that the […]

On September 7, CTV reported that residents in Atlantic Canada are cleaning up after Post-tropical Storm Hanna dumped heavy rain. Point Lepreau, New Brunswick, received more than 140 millimetres of rain and Saint John about 120 millimetres. A spokesperson from Saint John’s Emergency Measures indicated that some roads were impassable due to the localized flooding, […]

Further to Public Safety Canada Daily Infrastructure Report DIR08-165, on September 2, the Manitoba Water Stewardship issued a flood warning for portion of the southern Interlake from Ashern to Gypsumville. A flood watch had been issued for this area on September 1. A flood watch was also issued for Lake St. Martin. Most of the […]

On September 2, CBC reported that heavy rain on August 30–31 washed out roads and flooded basements in parts of Nova Scotia. In Cape Breton, a section of Route 19 in Inverness County remained closed and there was damage to MacLeod’s Bridge at Dunvegan. Route 19 between Shore Road and Inverness was also closed. In Pictou County, some […]

On August 26, CBC reported that heavy rains flooded part of the Yukon’s North Klondike Highway, which remained closed Tuesday morning between Carmacks and Braeburn. The recent rainfall caused flooding at Kilometre 342, affecting a 75-kilometre stretch of the highway. Territorial highway crews began work at the site on August 25 using pumps and heavy equipment to repair […]