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The 2011 Souris/Mouse River flood in Canada and the United States occurred in June and was greater than a hundred-year flooding event for the river. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The US Army Corps of Engineers estimated the flood to have a recurrence interval of two to five centuries.
The 2011 Assiniboine River flood is a major flood in May 2011 along the Assiniboine River south of Portage la Prairie in Manitoba. The flood is expected in impact an 225 km/s (140 mi/s) area along the River south of Portage la Prairie. About 100 Canadian Forces personnel were in the region helping out in controlling the flooding. [52]
[3] [2] [4] The floods affected about 3,000 homes in Montérégie [5] [6] and caused an estimated six million U.S. dollars of damage in seven counties in the northern area of Vermont. [7] [8] The damage was so bad that a state of emergency was declared by Vermont on May 5, 2011. [9] Similar damage was reported in New York State.
Apr. 11—PLATTSBURGH — A decade ago this spring, some of the area's worst flooding caused damage up and down the shores of Lake Champlain. "Ten years ago the water was extremely high," Clinton ...
The 2011 Assiniboine River flood was caused by above average precipitation in Western Manitoba and Saskatchewan. This was a 1 in 300 year flood that affected much of Western Manitoba. The flooding in Manitoba was expected to mostly involve the 2011 Red River Flood but instead the more severe flooding was found on the Assiniboine in the west.
Atmospheric rivers of the sort causing massive floods and mudslides in Canada's British Columbia are akin to a river in the sky, weather systems that carry up to 15 times the volume of the ...
The prospect of flooding led Harrisburg to evacuate 10,000 people from low-lying areas of downtown. [68] The Pennsylvania Governor's Residence was evacuated due to rising floodwaters. [69] Lee caused the Susquehanna River to reach the third-worst flood stage in its history, and caused the Swatara Creek to reach its highest level ever. [70]
Atlantic Canada 17 2011 June: 2011 Assiniboine River flood: Flood Manitoba Prairies 1 2011 May 15: Slave Lake fire: Wildfires Slave Lake, Alberta Prairies 1 2011 August 20: First Air Flight 6560: Aircrash near Resolute, Nunavut: Northern Canada 12 2011 August 21: Goderich Tornado: Tornado Goderich, Ontario: Central Canada 1 2012 February 26 ...