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Geoscientific insights into the Red River and its flood problem in Manitoba
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Geoscientific insights into the Red River and its flood problem in Manitoba
Significant flood disasters in Manitoba during the 20th century
(data from Emergency Prepardness Canada with modifications)
| Date | Location | Damage ($M) a |
Deaths | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904-04-24 | Red River, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1913-05-02 | Assiniboine River. MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Assiniboine River, Manitoba; large-scale flooding. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1916-04-24 | Red River, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1922 | Winnipeg, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area along the Assiniboine River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1923-04 | Winnipeg, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; April-May; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area along the Assiniboine River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1950-05-05 | Red River, MB | 100 | 1 | Flood; Winnipeg and Red River Valley, Manitoba; May 5 to 25; 1 dead, 107 000 evacuated (one-third of the city), 5000 buildings damaged, $100 million in damages. a major flood occurred in the months of April, May and June of 1950; melt of a thick snow cover caused the Red River to reach flood levels by April 22; a heavy rainfall in early May caused the river to stay above flood stage for 51 days; the water reached 4.6 metres in depth in low lying areas; 60 000 people were forced to evacuate as one tenth of the city of Winnipeg was covered in water; a volunteer pump operator drowned; damage estimates in 1957 dollars were $125.5 million. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1960-04-18 | Red River, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1966-04-14 | Red River, MB | 12.2 | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River resulted in $12.2 million in flood disaster assistance. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1969-05-02 | Red River, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1970-04-30 | Red River, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; severe flooding in the Winnipeg area of the Red River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1974-04 | central and southern MB | 14.5 | 0 | Flood; Manitoba; April and May, 1974; major flood in the province resulted in $14.5 million in damages; severe flooding occurred in central and southern Manitoba on practically all rivers and river systems; many people had to be evacuated; although the natural discharge of water was greater than the flood in 1966, the city of Winnipeg avoided major damage due to the Red River Floodway, the Portage Diversion, and the Shellmouth Dam, which were flood control measures set-up to reduce flooding in Winnipeg. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1976-04 | Assiniboine River, MB | 4.5 | 0 | Flood; Manitoba; floods caused $4.5 million in damages in the months of April and May; record flooding on the Assiniboine River. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1979-04 | Red River, MB | 18.6 | 0 | Flood; Manitoba; April and May; $18.6 million in damages; May 10, 1979; a major flood, close to flood levels of the 1950 flood, hit the Red River area; most of the damage occurred in the Red River Valley; no communities were flooded as the dykes protecting them were temporarily raised; 10 000 people were ordered to evacuate: 1450 residents were evacuated in the town of Morris and 400 from the Roseau Reserve; livestock and poultry were also evacuated. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1984-06 | Winnipeg, MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Winnipeg, Manitoba; mid-June, 1984; heavy rainfall. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database) |
| 1986-05 | MB | not known | 0 | Flood; Ste-Rose du Lac; Manitoba; May 5 to 8, 1986; caused by snowmelt and heavy rainfall. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1993-07-25 | Winnipeg, MB | 500 | 0 | Flood; Manitoba; July 25 to August 14, 1993; the City of Winnipeg was declared a disaster area because of flooding caused by prolonged heavy rainfall; three severe rainstorms in a five-week period during July caused sewer backups and other extensive damage to homes, power lines and agricultural land infrastructure in Winnipeg and surrounding areas including Selkirk, Springfield and Beausejour. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1997-05 | Red River, MB | 815 | 3 | Flood; Winnipeg; the Assiniboine, Red and Winnipeg Rivers, Manitoba; April - May, 1997; spring melting of a heavy snow pack caused widespread and prolonged flooding along the Red River Valley in North Dakota, Minnesota, and southern Manitoba. In Canada, over 7000 military personnel were employed for 36 days to assist in preventing flood damage and in relocating 25 450 evacuees; communities affected include Emerson, Rosenort, St. Jean Bapiste, Morris, St. Adolphe, Nutimik, Portage la Prairie, Ste. Agathe, St. Norbert, Letellier, Dominion City, Scanterbury, Halstadt, Brunkild, Domain, Sanford and Winnipeg; 3 people drowned; cost $815 million. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, December 1997) |
| 1999-04 | Melita, MB | Flood; Melita MN; Apr 1999. Melita, Manitoba was threatened by the largest flood in the area since 1976. The Souris river outflow rose to 169.8 cubic m/s of water compared to its normal outflow of 4.25 cubic m/s. The floodwaters spread to at least 2 km across the valley bottom. (Emergency Preparedness Canada database, April 2000) |
a All cost of damages relate to the year of the disaster and are not corrected for inflation.
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