Tag: Flooding
West Grey mayor worries about Durham’s new frazil ice threat
West Grey Mayor Kevin Eccles is worried the threat of frazil ice — the slush that clogged up the Saugeen River in Durham in 1997, flooded part of town and displaced a couple hundred people — will be a bigger threat this year. Sometime after that frazil ice jam at a bend in the Saugeen […]
Wetlands provide $23 billion in flood control across Wisconsin and Midwest. But they’re in distress.
According to a report from the Union of Concerned Scientists, wetlands save Wisconsin and the upper Midwest almost $23 billion per year that would otherwise be spent combating flooding. This […]
Protection of wetlands could come down to farmers, says a new report
Industrial agriculture in the Upper Midwest has been a driving force behind wetland loss. The farm bill might hold a solution.
The hidden rivers fueling urban floods
Flooding can destroy property and have serious effects on human health. And it can follow patterns of housing discrimination from almost a century ago. Ghost streams are waterways that were filled in or covered up during city development, and they’re a contributing factor to flooding events.
Many ghost streams are underneath historically redlined neighborhoods.
Railroad ties, logs, and other debris clog Macomb sewer pipe
Logs, railroad ties, tires and other debris created blockage in a Macomb County sewer pipe, causing minor flooding of a road and nearby parking lots. The Teske Drain in Fraser was reduced to a trickle.
City wins share of funding for Lake Erie shoreline
Dunkirk, New York, is one of seven U.S. Great Lakes cities to get a share of nearly $3 million from the National Coastal Resilience Fund for shoreline projects. The $2.98 […]
Officials reject McDonald’s proposed on flood-prone northeast London land
A committee of the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority has rejected a proposal to build a strip mall and McDonald’s on a flood plain in northeast London. The authority’s hearing committee decided Tuesday to reject the application from Royal Premier Homes at 1310 Adelaide St. N. and 795 Windermere Rd., mirroring many of the same […]
Flood risk too great to allow fast-food joint in northeast London: Upper Thames officials
Jack Moulton breaks down why officials are warning against the development.
Slight decline in London average asking rents in October
The average asking rent for London apartments declined slightly in October, a new market snapshot shows
CMU researchers to develop models to help Michigan communities tackle extreme rainfall risks
Through a Department of Energy grant, faculty members at Central Michigan University will be researching three Michigan watersheds, modeling future risks of extreme precipitation. The research aims to enhance infrastructure […]