Provinces and Territories Need to Improve Flood Preparedness, New Report Finds

Provinces and Territories Need to Improve Flood Preparedness, New Report Finds
An operation to rescue pets from homes that had to be abandoned during evacuations is underway on a flooded street in the Montreal suburb of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Quebec, on April 29, 2019. SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty Images
Hongyan Lu
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A new report on how Canada’s provinces and territories can better mitigate flood risk gives a grade of C on average to governments for flood preparedness in 2019. 
The report, from the University of Waterloo’s Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, says flooding is currently Canada’s costliest natural disaster, noting that the number and frequency of floods has increased in recent years.