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ICLR to host webinar on lot-level approaches to control urban flood risk and mitigate basement flooding
April 7, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting a webinar in two weeks on lot-level approaches to control urban flood risk and mitigate basement flooding. The webinar on April 21 at 10 a.m. Eastern time is part of…
Winnipeg scaling back flood preparations as floodway operations begin
March 31, 2017 The Canadian PressWinnipeg scaled back flood preparations on Friday after Manitoba officials moved to divert water around the city. The gates of the Red River floodway were lifted in anticipation of the river cresting in the city sometime on the weekend. City…
Flood risk remains moderate to major in western Manitoba, eases in Red River Valley: provincial government
March 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterWhile the risk of overland flooding in Manitoba has been slightly reduced since the provincial government’s outlook in late February, it still remains moderate to major across the province, the provincial infrastructure minister said on Friday. “The province’s Hydrologic Forecast…
First of three more storms hits California as drought retreats
January 19, 2017 John Antczak - THE ASSOCIATED PRESSLOS ANGELES – The worst area of drought in California has significantly narrowed to a small region northwest of Los Angeles that has stubbornly failed to benefit from Pacific storms that have drenched much of the state since the fall…