Watch: How quickly water rises in a storm surge. Footage from recent hurricanes show how water levels in a storm surge can rise exponentially in a matter of minutes.
Property owner learns a hard lesson on insurance against water damage
In early December, while the property was unoccupied, Morgan’s real estate agent phoned him to advise that the house had been damaged as a result of a burst water connection to a second-floor toilet. Co-operators investigated the claim and denied coverage. The company’s position was that there was no insurance coverage for water damage after the property was vacant for more than five days, and there was no insurance at all for any loss if the dwelling was vacant for more than 30 consecutive days.
Predicting and alerting for coastal flooding
In response to increasing coastal flooding risks, the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC), a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), recently launched a five-year initiative entitled the Predicting and Alerting for Coastal Flooding (PACF) project. To help advance this work, ECCC is seeking Geographic Information System (GIS) data from municipalities and regional districts that pertains to near-ocean infrastructure.
Mid-Island beaches feeling effects of king tide
“We had a storm surge as well, which added to that. The storm surge is separate from king tides, it’s a rise in water that happens generated by storms, and this one was generated by a storm off the coast. Those two factors together gave us some pretty high water levels on the 27 (of Dec.). “ Charbonneau said the tides are expected to diminish over the next few days, and shouldn’t be as high as what was seen on Tuesday. Southeastern winds and storm surges are also factors in increasing the size of waves.
Flood Watch Issued for Lake Erie Shoreline
A Flood Watch has been issued for Niagara's Lake Erie shoreline. With Environment Canada issuing a special weather statement, the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority says the strong winds in tomorrow's forecast will increase water levels and waves along the Lake Erie shoreline in Port Colborne and Fort Erie. The Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry predicts that Lake Erie water levels will rise by more than four feet above current levels tomorrow.