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Ontario Wine Country Cleans up After Flood as Ford Visits Communities Under Emergency
The province is assessing disaster recovery eligibility after back-to-back storms dumped 250 millimetres of rain and flooded thousands of homes and businesses.
- Ontario Premier Doug Ford met with the mayors of St. Catharines and Lincoln on Wednesday after both municipalities declared states of emergency following back-to-back storms in the Niagara Region.
- Back-to-Back storms dumped a combined 250 millimetres of rain on parts of the Niagara Region in less than a week, delivering about a quarter of the region's typical annual precipitation.
- James Zabek of Zabek Vineyards reported ditches were overwhelmed by floodwater, saying "Flooded, absolutely flooded, especially in our low spots." Harald Thiel of Hidden Bench Estate Winery noted infrastructure must adapt to climate-driven rainstorms.
- Encouraged by his meeting with Ford, St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe said he hopes for faster disaster response, having previously appealed to Ottawa for provincial and federal support.
- Ontario officials are assessing the floods against eligibility requirements for the province's disaster recovery program, while vintners hope extreme rainfall does not recur before the September-October harvest season.
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'Flooded, absolutely flooded,' Ontario winemaker says after extreme rain hammers Niagara towns, vineyards
Some vintners in Ontario's popular winemaking area were in cleanup mode on Wednesday, days after major rainfalls swept through the Niagara Region and caused severe flooding.
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