Ottawa Flooding

• Heavy rain in Ottawa causes flooding, power outages and road closures

  Environment Canada says Ottawa sustained 50 to 75 millimetres of rainfall during a 90-minute span in the afternoon.

  Weather

  Aug 10, 2023
  
• Climate change report: Expect warmer and wetter Ottawa, shorter winters

  A new report says Ottawa will be warmer, wetter and have shorter winters in the decades ahead as carbon emissions continue to accelerate climate change.

  Weather

  Jun 8, 2020
  
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• Coronavirus: Canadian regions prepare to fight flooding amid the COVID-19 pandemic

  Flood-prone regions in Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba are now putting some thought on how to manage the start of their flooding season amid the spread of COVID-19.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2020
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• Canada’s natural disaster bills averaging almost half a billion a year: Federal data

  Data from Public Safety Canada lists the average annual bill for disaster assistance at $430 million over the last three years. That includes $485.8 million in 2016-17, $494.9 million in 2017-18 and $309.5 million in 2018-19.

  Environment

  Jan 6, 2020
• Ontario government says weather to blame for Ottawa flooding, no human error found

  According to the government, McNeil found that the flooding was caused by a combination of weather conditions and not by human error.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2019
• Ottawa police confirm man missing since May found dead

  Ottawa police say a body recovered in the Ottawa river on Sept. 13 is that of David Stewart, 48, who was reported missing in May.

  Canada

  Oct 2, 2019
• Interprovincial Chaudière Bridge reopens to motorists after 4-month closure

  The crossing, which connects the LeBreton Flats area of Ottawa with Hull in Gatineau, Que., reopened to all vehicle traffic at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.

  Traffic

  Aug 27, 2019
• Work to move, upgrade Champlain Bridge parking lot will begin July 8: NCC

  The parking lot, wedged between the Sir John A. Macdonald Parkway and Island Park Drive, flooded both in 2017 and 2019.

  Canada

  Jul 5, 2019
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• 2019 floods could cost NCC up to $10M, board hears

  The CEO of the National Capital Commission says the Crown corporation is working with the federal government to cover those unforeseen expenses over the next two years.

  Weather

  Jun 20, 2019
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• City of Ottawa lifts state of emergency declared in April due to floods

  "The emergency may be over officially, but the challenges facing our residents ... (are) only just beginning," Mayor Jim Watson said at Ottawa City Hall on Wednesday.

  Weather

  Jun 12, 2019