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WINNIPEG – Manitoba Opposition Leader Brian Pallister is accusing the NDP government of dragging its feet on flood-prevention projects, but the government says Pallister seems unaware that preliminary work is well underway. Pallister says a new outlet to drain water from Lake Manitoba, proposed after severe flooding in 2011, should be competed within three years […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 30, 2014
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Canadian independent adjusting firm Catastrophe Response Unit Adjusters Inc. (CRU) has partnered with an online loss index provider to offer real-time information from catastrophe zones in Canada. Subscribers to the recently-launched Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ) will now have access to photos, videos and text-based reporting from catastrophe zones across Canada. Background: New independent […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 29, 2014
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VERACRUZ, Mexico – A strong earthquake shook much of eastern Mexico on Tuesday, but there were no reports of damage or injury. The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-6.3 quake was centred in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, about 260 miles (418 kilometres) east-southeast of Mexico City. The epicenter was 59 miles (95 kilometres) […]
GRAND BEND, Ont. – More than 4,000 Hydro One customers in the Grand Bend area remained without power Monday after a storm ripped through southwestern Ontario, the utility said. Dana Gardner, a Hydro One spokeswoman, said crews were working to restore power, and that all homes and businesses were expected to be back online by […]
By The Canadian Press | July 28, 2014
WASHINGTON – A U.S. science advisory report says Japan’s Fukushima nuclear accident offers a key lesson to the nation’s nuclear industry: Focus more on the highly unlikely but worst case scenarios. That means thinking about earthquakes, floods, tsunamis, solar storms, multiple failures and situations that seem freakishly unusual, according to Thursday’s National Academy of Sciences […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 25, 2014
WINNIPEG – Water levels may have dropped on both sides of the Manitoba-Saskatchewan boundary, but tensions between farmers have not. A family in Tilston, Man., says man-made trenches in Saskatchewan are to blame for flooding that nearly washed away their farm four weeks ago. Vicki Murray says because of the trenches, the water came too […]
By The Canadian Press | July 25, 2014
CALGARY – The Alberta government says it has spent nearly $80 million to buy 71 homes from people in designated floodways as part of its Floodway Relocation Program. Those numbers could go up as there are still six weeks remaining until the deadline for homeowners to agree to sell their land to the province. All […]
SEATTLE – Nothing spilled when three tanker cars in an oil train derailed at rail yard in Seattle early Thursday, but it alarmed environmentalists. “This is a warning of how dangerous this could be,” said Kerry McHugh, communications director for the Washington Environmental Council. More people became aware of oil train dangers when a runaway […]
By The Canadian Press | July 24, 2014
KAMLOOPS, B.C. – Cleanup is underway in Kamloops, B.C., as the southern Interior city dries out from flash floods that dumped 25 millimetres of rain in less than half an hour. Environment Canada says the rainfall deluged the city in less than half an hour Wednesday afternoon, gushing down roads that quickly resembled rivers. Mayor […]
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Widespread drought across the West had forecasters expecting an above-average wildfire season this summer, which so far has not lived up to expectations. U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell said Wednesday that the hot windy weather known as “red flag” days have not lined up with the lighting strikes that start […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 24, 2014
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