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These Toronto tenants are still waiting to have power restored
After Tuesday’s storm that left several parts of Toronto dealing with severe flooding and power outages, tenants in a downtown apartment building are still waiting for the lights to come back on. CBC’s Chris Glover reports.
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The efforts to repair a major B.C. highway damaged by floods
Crews are working around the clock to fix multiple sections of the Coquihalla Highway in B.C. damaged by catastrophic floods in November. While the province hopes to have some essential traffic moving through by early January, work to...
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Here's what's slowing Toronto’s flood prevention work
In July, Toronto was hit by a severe storm that caused almost a billion dollars in damages. In the first of a three-part series, CBC’s Shawn Jeffords examines what the city is doing to prevent flood damage.
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These Toronto homeowners have experienced chronic flooding for years
The city has started to build flood mitigation plans for Toronto neighbourhoods that experience chronic flooding, but implementing those plans is still years away. In the second installment of his three-part series, CBC’s Shawn Jeffords...
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How Toronto could expand its flood mitigation plans
Just weeks after Toronto’s severe storm in July, city staff were tasked with investigating more flood mitigation measures. Their report is expected by the end of the year. In the final part of his three-part series, CBC’s Shawn Jeffords...
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These Quebec residents are facing flood cleanup for the 2nd time in less than 1 year
The storm on July 13 dumped over 70 millimetres of rain on Montreal in just two hours. That left some people living in Pointe-Claire, Que., dealing with flooded basements yet again.
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What Is a Flood?
"What Is a Flood?" explains what a flood is and gives examples of the effects of floods on people and the environment.
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Rescue workers and residents react after more heavy flooding in Texas
Rescue workers and residents faced many tough challenges today in the face of growing hurricane and flood damage
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Buyer Beware- Flood-Damaged Cars
Buying a car with flood damage is a big mistake, but some buyers miss the red flags. Motor Trend's executive editor Mark Rechtin explains how salvaged cars end up for sale, and how to spot one.
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Extreme weather events pose challenges for insurance
Most people affected by the recent storms in B.C. aren’t eligible for overland flood insurance because of where they live. As extreme weather fuelled by climate change becomes more common in Canada, there are calls for governments to...
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How communities are adapting vital infrastructure for extreme weather
With experts warning that a lot of Canadian infrastructure is vulnerable to more extreme weather caused by climate change, communities will need to adapt. Ste-Marthe-sur-Lac, Que., is one place that has made some big changes after major...
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Widespread damage from relentless rain in B.C.
The relentless rain has caused widespread damage throughout B.C.’s Fraser Valley, the Lower Mainland and into Vancouver Island, with a state of emergency being declared in Abbotsford.
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Aerial view of flood damage in B.C.'s Fraser Valley
The National's Ian Hanomansing takes a helicopter ride over B.C.'s Fraser Valley after the area was hit by historic rainfall causing devastating floods and landslides.
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Distraught B.C. farmers wait to see full scope of loss after flooding
B.C farmers are distraught to see their land covered by floodwater and knowing thousands of animals have been killed and more are trapped without food or water, but the full scope of their losses won’t be known until the water recedes.
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Anxiety builds after B.C. flooding as military arrives
As the military arrived in B.C. to help those affected by flooding, many residents are becoming more anxious about the availability of goods, damaged infrastructure and what disaster might strike next.
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Calls for transparency about homes built on flood plains
There are growing calls for transparency for homebuyers who currently can’t find out whether a property is in a flood plain.
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Assessing the damage from Fort McMurray’s floods
Residents who had to leave their homes and businesses last week because of major flooding in Fort McMurray, Alta., are now seeing the extent of the damage.
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Blumenthal: Connecticut in danger of not receiving FEMA assistance in wake of flood damage
Blumenthal says small business owners are still trying to rebuild their lives after flood damage last year.
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Damage estimates starting to come in from Hurricane Irene show that thousands of New Jersey homes have received some kind of flood damage. Residents are starting to come home and face the daunting task of cleaning up.
HEADLINE: As water recedes, cleanup begins in NJ
CAPTION: Damage estimates starting to come in from Hurricane Irene show that thousands of New Jersey homes have received some kind of flood damage. Residents are starting to come home...
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A Point Pleasant, New Jersey resident returned home Tuesday to find storm damage. Barry Prezioso said 'you see your home demolished like this, it's tough.'
HEADLINE:NJ Resident: Storm damage is 'heartbreaking'
CAPTION: A Point Pleasant, New Jersey resident returned home Tuesday to find storm damage. Barry Prezioso said 'you see your home demolished like this, it's tough.' (Oct. 30)
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Nova: Storm That Drowned a City
This video by NOVA extensively covers Hurricane Katrina's effect on New Orleans in August of 2005. [53:28]