Под нормалния снежен пакет означава нисък шанс за наводнение в Калгари тази година
Това е началото на сезона на наводнения в южна Алберта, само че наподобява, че градът на Калгари не е изправен пред огромна опасност от изгряващите води на лъка и лактите тази година.
Doctor John Pomeroy, chair of the Centre for Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan, told Global News that snowpack measurements in the Rocky Mountains “are all well below normal and melting early, ” which means “there’s much lower-than-normal water supply for local rivers. ”
If any flooding were to occur, it would need to be “driven more by rainfall, ” said Pomeroy, which could occur even in a drought year if a big enough storm comes through.
Frank Frigo, manager of environmental management for the City of Calgary, claims flood mitigation efforts since the devastating flood of 2013 have led to greater prot...
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