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Nigeria president says floods won’t cause hunger

November 9, 2012

Reuters / Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan sought to allay fears Oct. 26 that the nation’s worst floods in at least five decades would trigger a food crisis because of damage to crops. Jonathan, who this month toured some parts of Africa’s most populous nation that have been submerged by floods he has described as a

Opinion

Are you ready for the next big flood?

By Red River Basin Commission September 22, 2012

Few of us remember the Red River basin flood of 1950. Even fewer were prepared for the flood when it hit. The dry 1930s and modest flooding of the 1940s had lulled basin communities into complacency. Then, a winter of heavy snow followed by heavy spring rains resulted in flooding all along the main stem

News, Weather

Supercomputers to replace frogs in forecasting monsoon?

By Ross Colvin And Jatindra Dash September 17, 2012

Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature’s biggest mysteries — the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India every year. In a first-of-its-kind project, Indian scientists aim to build computer models that would allow them to make a quantum leap in predicting the

News

Province says Shellmouth flooding couldn’t have been prevented

By Daniel Winters July 30, 2012

Farmers downstream maintain that province’s “blame it on the rain” position doesn’t hold water

This year’s flooding of cropland along the Assiniboine River downstream from the Shellmouth Dam couldn’t have been prevented, according to the province. “The Assiniboine Valley producers are farming vulnerable, low-lying Assiniboine Valley lands. In the 2011 and 2012 flood years, the inundation of crops was a natural occurrence,” according to a new report by the

News, Weather

Expert says climate change may be driving floods

By Daniel Winters July 12, 2012

Climate data suggests weather patterns are changing and flooding on the Assiniboine River may become more frequent, says John Pomeroy, director of the University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for Hydrology. It’s not just the three consecutive years of heavy spring rains that concern the professor, who is also a Canada research chair in water resources and

News, Weather

Floods drain Assiniboine farmers

By Daniel Winters June 30, 2012

Judging from the view of water covering a broad, green meadow of seeded cropland on both sides of the Assiniboine River here, the flood of 2012 is already underway. Near the town of Shellmouth, a little farther downstream, tiny canola plants are poking up through the mud of a broad flood plain. In the lower

Opinion

How much flood protection is enough?

By Red River Basin Commission June 8, 2012

How much protection against flooding is enough? This question is often asked in the Red River basin. The Red River Basin Commission’s recent study, Long Term Flood Solutions for the Red River Basin (LTFS), found little consensus on the answer to this question. As a result, flood protection practices in the basin’s communities and municipalities

Opinion

The 2011 flood battle is not over

By Cam Dahl June 8, 2012

It has been a year since the flood of 2011. At that time Manitobans were bombarded by flood news every day. Many felt that they personally knew the people impacted around Lake Manitoba, down the Assiniboine River, Lake Dauphin, Winnipegosis or the Shoal Lakes. There was a sense of solidarity with everyone in the province

News

Province supports improved flood forecasting

By null June 5, 2012

swan river, man. / The province will support a volunteer-based snow- and rainfall-monitoring network called the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRaHS) in Manitoba, which will provide more accurate and timely weather data to enhance flood forecasting, Premier Greg Selinger announced April 27. “Manitoba is always looking for ways to improve flood forecasting

News, Weather

Latest provincial flood relief pledges “smoke and mirrors,” fumes St. Laurent reeve

By Daniel Winters May 17, 2012

There are demands that province compensate 100 per cent for flood damage  caused by “unnatural” increased flows from the Portage Diversion

A new one-time tax credit announced by the province to relieve the financial burden on municipalities around Lake Manitoba is not enough for at least one RM ravaged by flooding last year. “This tax credit is inadequate. It doesn’t even come close to bridging the financial deficit we’re facing in this municipality due to the

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Tag Archives Flood

Nigeria president says floods won’t cause hunger

Are you ready for the next big flood?

Supercomputers to replace frogs in forecasting monsoon?

Province says Shellmouth flooding couldn’t have been prevented

Expert says climate change may be driving floods

Floods drain Assiniboine farmers

How much flood protection is enough?

The 2011 flood battle is not over

Province supports improved flood forecasting

Latest provincial flood relief pledges “smoke and mirrors,” fumes St. Laurent reeve

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