Monday, May 25, 2015
A
report
released
by
The
Co-operators
and
co-authored
by
Water
Institute
member
Blair
Feltmate,
School
of
Environment,
Enterprise
and
Development,
examined
the
flood
preparedness
of
15
major
Canadian
cities.
The
report, Preparedness
of
Fifteen
Canadian
Cities
to
Limit
Flood
Damage,
documents
the
level
of
preparedness
of
the
15
cities
to
limit
potential
flood
damage
relative
to
current
(2015)
and
anticipated
(2030)
high
intensity
and
duration
precipitation
events.
Each
city
was
assessed
on
16
factors
that
could
reduce
the
risk
of
severe
flood
damage.
The
report
aims
to
make
cities
aware
of
their
areas
of
weakness
and
to
encourage
them
to
increase
efforts
to
limit
flood
risk
dur
to
extreme
precipitation
events.
More
than
half
of
the
cities
examined
received
a
rating
of
C+
or
lower.