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Ford visits flood-stricken Ontario municipalities 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 severe flooding 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 area's typical annual precipitation.
- James Zabek of Zabek Vineyards reported ditches were overwhelmed by the volume of water, while Harald Thiel of Hidden Bench Estate Winery noted infrastructure needs adaptation "to the new reality of climate change."
- Encouraged by his meeting with Ford, St. Catharines Mayor Mat Siscoe said he hopes for quicker disaster response after previously appealing to Ottawa for provincial and federal support.
- Ontario officials are assessing the floods against eligibility requirements for the province's disaster recovery program, as vintners hope for drier conditions before the upcoming harvest season in September and October.
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The NOTL LocalOntario wine country cleans up after flood as Ford visits communities under emergency
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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