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Heavy rainfall began causing major flooding in the Red River Valley in Manitoba on Thursday, May 12, and continued into the weekend.On May 11, NASA’s Earth Observatory said the Red River Valley ...
Manitoba officials began preparing for the third time in 2011 for Souris flooding in late June as communities were expecting record flooding, [19] after already experiencing flooding on the Red River and the Assiniboine River, which amounted to a 300-year flood. Also lake levels at Lake Manitoba will continue to be high or may even rise more ...
The 2011 Assiniboine River flood was caused by above average precipitation in Western Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This was a 1 in 300 year flood that affected much of Western Manitoba. The flooding in Manitoba was expected to mostly involve the 2011 Red River Flood but instead the more severe flooding was found on the Assiniboine in the west.
Flooding in Brandon during the 2014 Assiniboine River Flood. The second crest reached St. Lazare, Manitoba on July 9 and crested at 1,290.78 feet above sea level (ASL), which was approximately 0.7 ft. higher than the previous record crest of 2011. [10] Nine homes in the St. Lazare area outside the community ring dike were damaged. [11]
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Extreme weather in parts of Canada is causing flooding and power outages in several areas, including Toronto, Mississauga, and North Dumfries Township.
The Assiniboine River at Brandon, Manitoba reached its highest-ever recorded level. [5] The 2011 Assiniboine River Flood was a 300-year flood, meaning a flood with its magnitude has (on average) a roughly 0.3% chance of occurring in a given year. [citation needed] 2011 flood levels on the Red River were below those of 2009. [citation needed]
A Government of Manitoba report following the 2011 Assiniboine River Flood found that the flood "could have resulted in the river flowing east by a different route, possibly joining the Red River south of Winnipeg, or potentially even flowing north to Lake Manitoba as it did thousands of years ago," without the flood control infrastructure ...