Alberta’s environment minister says it’s not an emergency yet, but a deep snowpack and heavy spring rains may be needed to avoid serious water problems in the new year. Doug Vaessen explains.
On the Minnesota-Canada border, the water just keeps coming
When many people think of a flood, they imagine a rush of water that comes up fast, wreaks havoc, and then subsides quickly to reveal the damage done. But in the water world that residents along Minnesota’s border lakes with Ontario are living this spring, the floodwaters came up weeks ago and just keep getting higher, expected to surpass record levels in coming days. It may be into July before water levels drop back close to normal as the Rainy River watershed continues to spill out of its boundaries, with flooding occurring from just north of Lake Vermilion to Lake of the Woods and beyond.