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Minor to moderate flood risk for province this spring

By Shannon VanRaes March 7, 2013

April showers could bring more than May flowers in Manitoba this spring,  as a heavy snowpack elevates the potential risk of spring flooding in some areas

Manitoba’s flood forecasters say there is a risk of minor to moderate flooding in some areas of the province this spring, including along the Red River, the Souris and Assiniboine rivers, as well as in the Interlake region. Although the actual 2013 flood forecast is still some weeks away, Manitoba’s minister of infrastructure and transportation

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Here’s the scoop

By Julie Garden-Robinson March 7, 2013

Snow blowers or snow throwers are linked to more than 6,000 emergency room visits, according to a report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. While sprains and strains often accompany snow blower accidents, many injuries involve the hands and fingers. According to the American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH), 3,000 hand injuries,

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Snow welcomed but more needed to end drought

By Carey Gillam February 28, 2013

Reuters / A heavy winter snowstorm that swept across the U.S. midsection was a welcomed event for U.S. winter wheat farmers worried that their drought-stricken fields were too parched to produce a healthy crop this year. Nearly a foot or more of snow fell across key growing areas in Oklahoma and Kansas Feb. 21. “I

Cereals, Crops, Weather

Drought projected in parts of the U.S.

By Charles Abbott February 23, 2013

Reuters / U.S. farmers will plant crops this spring under the shadow of a persistent drought that grips prime farmland from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, with grain supplies already tight from drought losses in 2012. In all, 56 per cent of the contiguous United States is under moderate to exceptional drought, twice

Cereals, Crops, News, Weather

Break in Plains drought seen this week

By Sam Nelson February 23, 2013

Reuters / Agricultural meteorologists said on Tuesday of this week that the precipitation in the next week to 10 days would provide significant relief for crop prospects in the U.S. Plains and Midwest. John Dee, meteorologist for Global Weather Monitoring, said “this will really help add to soil moisture levels.” Dee said .50 inch to

Cereals, Crops, News

U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

By Carey Gillam February 15, 2013

Reuters / The unrelenting drought gripping key farming states in the U.S. Plains shows no signs of abating, and it will take a deluge of snow or rain to restore critical moisture to farmland before spring planting of new crops, a climate expert said Jan. 31. “It’s not a pretty picture,” said climatologist Mark Svoboda

News, Weather

Memories of the “dust bowl” recalled as drought grips U.S. Great Plains

By Kevin Murphy January 17, 2013

Nearly two-thirds of the U.S. is experiencing drought conditions and many say the outlook is getting worse

Real estate agent Mark Faulkner recalls a day in early November when he was putting up a sign near Ulysses, Kansas, in 60-miles-per-hour winds that blew up blinding dust clouds. “There were places you could not see, it was blowing so hard,” Faulkner said. Residents of the Great Plains over the last year or so

News, Weather

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

By Carey Gillam November 21, 2012

Reuters / Recent snow, rain and cooler temperatures helped to ease suffering in some drought-stricken areas of the U.S., but others saw conditions worsen. Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern U.S. with heavy rains and high winds, had little to no impact on the driest areas of the American heartland. Indeed, the worst level

News, Weather

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

By Carey Gillam November 15, 2012

Reuters / Recent snow, rain and cooler temperatures helped to ease suffering in some drought-stricken areas of the U.S., but others saw conditions worsen. Monster storm Sandy, which devastated the eastern U.S. with heavy rains and high winds, had little to no impact on the driest areas of the American heartland. Indeed, the worst level

News, Opinion

Flood or drought: Which should we expect?

By Rrbc Release November 15, 2012

Recent rains have been more than welcome here in the Red River basin after a summer of drought-like conditions in much of the basin and surrounding region. Given the large floods of 1997, 2010, 2011 — and smaller floods in between — you would never have thought we would be looking so anxiously to the

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Minor to moderate flood risk for province this spring

Here’s the scoop

Snow welcomed but more needed to end drought

Drought projected in parts of the U.S.

Break in Plains drought seen this week

U.S. spring crop season jeopardized as drought persists

Memories of the “dust bowl” recalled as drought grips U.S. Great Plains

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

Sandy’s torrential rains missed U.S. heartland

Flood or drought: Which should we expect?

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