A new, national, emergency alert system is now in place with the goal to alert you immediately if a potentially life-threatening event threatens your community. Alert Ready delivers public safety…
Canada recently launched its National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) as part of the Government’s commitment to build safer and more resilient communities and address rising flood risks and costs in…
Taking the initiative in creating a more climate-resilient Canada, The Co-operators, a Canadian-owned, multi-line insurance company, and Canadian re-insuance company Farm Mutual Reinsurance Plan (FMRP), have announced the creation of…
A new report by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) claims that climate change will erode the conditions necessary for property insurance to remain available and affordable in many…
On Friday 4 July 2014 Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger declared a provincial state of emergency for Manitoba as a result of the surge of flood water heading towards the province…
Over the weekend of 28 and 29 June 2014, areas of Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada, saw over 200mm of rain fall in just a few hours. In fact in some…
Floods after heavy rainfall over the last 48 hours across parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan have forced the 2 cities of Melville and Yorkton in Saskatchewan to declare states of…
Southern Alberta is once again experiencing severe flooding, almost 1 year since the 2013 Alberta flood disaster that struck between 19 June and 12 July where 5 people died. A…
Ice jam floods are a fairly common incident in parts of northern USA and Canada. Many of the spring floods earlier this month in Montana were a result of ice…
Rising waters in a nearby river forced at least 40 people from Eskasoni First Nation to leave their homes on Thursday 13 March 2014. Canada’s Department of Aboriginal Affairs is…
As another part of our series on flood tunnels, below we look at the future Calgary flood tunnel project that was announced in November 2013 as a potential part of…
Two countries, separated by 1000s of miles, but with one similar message; construction and development in floodways and floodplains cannot continue. India In Delhi yesterday, a report from a committee…
According to a report by Bloomberg a few days ago, the devastating floods in central Europe, northern India and Canada during June 2013 will cost a staggering $27 billion in…
On Monday 8th July a severe storm hit Toronto flooding parts of the city in dramatic fashion. Around 10cm of rain fell in just a few hours, starting at around…
36 hours of torrential rain in Alberta, Canada, brought horrific flooding to areas of western Canada. As much as 10cm of rain fell on Thursday 20th June. So far there…
