Thursday 25 April 2019

Flooding in Ontario

UPDATES: June 15


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May 9th



May 8th: Mattawa

Flooding still a concern in Mattawa. OPP flew the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) today to gather information and to see where resources were required. ^sc

May 5th

The Ottawa River water is still higher than 2017 peaks, but it is lowering. We anticipate heavy rain Thursday. It won't help.
May 4th

The waters are receding. Thankfully.

May 2nd

Pembroke Bridge has opened. They shored it up.



May 1st

West Carleton Online

  • 155 homes have been evacuated
  • 1.5 million sandbags have been filled
  • 13,000 people have volunteered since April 19
  • 1,000 Canadian Forces soldiers serving in the Ottawa area
  • 190 Team Rubicon Canada work orders completed
  • 2,637 people have joined the city’s Spring Flood 2019 Facebook page

COMPLETE FLOOD COVERAGE Ottawa Citizen


LOCAL NEWS

Egan: Waterfront and why you fight


I write from the cottage at Constance Bay, surrounded by water on three sides, a drizzle against the window, the river ready to swallow us whole.

The Weather Network writes about the causes of the floods: 

THE PERFECT STORM OF SNOWPACK, APRIL PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES.


 Muskoka

Muskoka Flood Facts 2019


Residents in Central Ontario, are doing the blame game in Muskoka. Swift River is being blamed for their flooding. Swift River explains...
The Bala Hydro Project is part of the Muskoka River Watershed. There are 42 dams located within the watershed. Of these, 29 are owned/operated by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF), 12 are owned/operated by private companies and 1 by the District Municipality of Muskoka. The Muskoka River Water Management Plan governs the appropriate water levels throughout the spring, summer, fall and winter, and the MNRF directs how dam operators will coordinate to ensure this happens. MNRF currently controls the North and South dams at Bala.


Algonquin Provincial Park still has snow to melt...

Sandbagging areas in Ottawa, Flood Information







A voluntary evacuation has been called for on bayview Dr. in Constance Bay, west of Ottawa. There was a second fire in Constance Bay. About 150 people have had their power cut off, which is bad news for pumps.

We expect snow, rain or ice pellets.

Muskoka


Cumberland 

Several residents invested in an aquadam. It cost $70,000. Across the street, several houses have been flooded, and residents evacuated. ctvottawamorning.ca



 April 30


Kashechewan

They have been flooded out every spring for the last 17 years. Established in 1957. 
Chiefs of Ontario
@ChiefsofOntario
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Chief Leo Friday of #Kashechewan First Nation calling on the federal and provincial government to honour the agreement made 3 years ago with the community Kashechewan and expedite the resources

Ottawa April 30th


 Nearby Mississippi Lake has settled down. We visited last week (see first post, at the bottom) and took water and muffins. The Red Cross is now in Ottawa flood zones, helping the victims, volunteers and troops. We've 700 troops and 2000 volunteers working to put in sandbags. Firefighters are doing wellness checks by boat to see how people are doing.

The Petawawa Bridge has been shut down. This is Google maps, but you see how high the water is to do that.


We continue to have flooding along the Ottawa River, with peaks from rainfall and snow melt not yet done. One million sandbags have been filled across the city. The Lemieux water plant is at risk, the troops have been sandbagging it. 

One evacuated family, in Constance Bay, had a fire in their home. CTV Ottawa has been covering the disaster.

Fire at home in Constance Bay flood zone

Ottawa Fire received a 911 call Monday evening reporting a fire at 795 Bayview Drive.
The stress of citizens is palpable. People stand to lose septic systems and wells, most of those affected by floods are rural villages. Expensive riverside homes, as well as smaller bungalows with septuagenarians. Families are kicking in. Even now, mold is beginning to grow, the water contains gas from generators, fecal matter from flooding septic systems, and flood water.


Disaster tourists... and the bridge closed in Ottawa.



April 29

Floods monitoring<= gc.ca
We know people involved. People in Dunrobin, Constance Bay, along the river.

UPDATES: Sun., April 28th

Pretties Island, on Mississippi Lake, is inaccessible. The causeway is several feet underwater. Birch Grove Lane, on Robertson's Shore, is closed, as well as many other roads.
Areas along Mississippi Lake with higher numbers of permanent homes have been particularly impacted. The private road which provides access to several permanent and seasonal homes on Pretties Island is currently under several feet of water and residents have been using boats to access their properties. Emergency services including fire and paramedics are aware of the situation and have the ability respond to any emergencies on the island. No mandatory or voluntary evacuations are in place and residents should call 911 in the event of an emergency.
Blue lines are roads affected in some way.
  • Grasshopper Point
  • McCullough’s Landing Road
  • Flintoff Bay Road
  • Birch Grove Lane
  • Craig’s Shore
  • Pretties Island
  • Ebbs Bay Drive

In Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, the dike burst and all were evacuated.
Dike bursts in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Laval forces residents from homes 
Thousands forced to flee Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac after dike breaches

There are multiple states of emergency. Hydro is out in some spots. In others, for safety, they are going to have to cut power. This won't be good for those using sumps.

Québec

Maniwaki, Laval, and Rivière-Rouge, Que.
Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board<= water levels. On Friday the city of Laval issued an evacuation order for many people living along the northern edge of the city.

Ontario

Peterborough

Bala, Muskoka, where we used to live.
Before
After
Muskoka Lakes, lots of boathouses and boats are damaged. Photos courtesy Ed.

Bracebridge

We lived in the Muskoka Region (north of Toronto), and it has declared a state of emergency. I haven't been there in a few years. The water is higher than the bridge in the middle ground, with the rain and spring melt.
Pembroke

Horton Township 

Huntsville

Huntsville continues to have 'Beer Lake' in from of the beer store.
North end of Mississippi Lake, west of Carleton Place.

Kashechewan First Nation


Lanark County

Carleton Place, Beckwith, Lanark Village, Mississippi Lake, Tennyson Rd. in Perth,  Renfrew County washouts, Mississippi Mills.

The fields in Lanark County are ponds. It was raining, and a dreary day, again, but you get the idea.


The ditches are full and overflowing in many places.


Lanark County is flat and low-lying.


Tennyson Rd., Lanark County, April 25th

This is part of Mississippi River, which 


If our backs were better, we'd help with sandbags. I feel so badly for these folks.


The water is constant, like a fluid wall. Some dipsticks continue to travel across it.
Flooding 1 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Flooding 2 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.
Flooding 3 from Jennifer Jilks on Vimeo.

April 17th


And we expect more rain on the weekend!

STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED IN OTTAWA, BRACEBRIDGE, MONTREAL, Fortune Township, Minden Hills, Township of Muskoka Lakes, Huntsville, Renfrew County, Petawawa.

There was flooding out east, as well.
The flooding in many places in Ontario has been awful.
Muskoka: Bracebridge and Huntsville.
Then there is the Ottawa River: from Pembroke, along highway 17, Arnprior, to Constance Bay, Britannia, east to Cumberland Mississippi Mills, Carleton Place, Beckwith, in the Ottawa Valley. Barry's Bay, ON. Kawartha Lakes, Minden Hills, Peterborough, Bancroft, Katrine, up to Flooding in Timmins. Madawaska Valley, Ottawa. Kashechewan, on James Bay.

Floods and River Ice Monitoring in Canada



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3 comments:

Anvilcloud said...

More rain coming.

25 April 2019 at 08:30
Olga said...

Oh, dear. My heart goes out to anyone experiencing a flood -- or any other force of nature.

25 April 2019 at 09:35
William Kendall said...

Instead of that rain, we could desperately use a good couple of weeks of dry weather.

25 April 2019 at 17:05

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