Once again this year The Red River flooded some parts of Manitoba causing evacuations all across the province. It seems that every year, there is a little bit of ice build-up and then the water spills over the banks of the river putting property, but more importantly life at risk. Just like every year, volunteers worked vigorously to try and save homes by filling sand bags and then building dikes to try and protect homes at the last minute before the floodwater came. In total this year, thirty-four homes were evacuated in bedroom communities just north Winnipeg. There is some good news for these home-owners though, the floodwaters dropped over Saturday night, and they may be allowed back home soon. Crews are working on pumping water out of low-dikes and clearing two homes where there basements were flooded now that on Sunday morning, no water was touching the emergency dikes.
I believe that this is an unfortunate event, and that more actions should be taken place to try and prevent the flood almost every year. I have never been to Winnipeg, but I am sure it is a nice city, and it is a shame to hear every year as a Canadian citizen about this trade. It was just a bad location during the spring time every year, and other than that Winnipeg is probably a nice city. I hope that one day I may visit the city, and see all of the tourism around Winnipeg, but of course I will have to be careful not plan my trip there in April. This also goes to show the world that no matter what we do, or how advance civilization becomes, we are still vulnerable to Mother Nature's powers.
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2011/04/10/man-flood-sunday-homes.html
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