Flood alert issued for city of Waterloo by Grand River Conservation Authority

With each nan rainfall nan area has knowledgeable of late, a flood alert was issued for nan metropolis of Waterloo by nan Grand River Conservation Authority connected Tuesday afternoon.

According to Alert Waterloo Region, nan alert has been issued specifically for nan Laurel Creek floodplain.

The alert warns residents “to return each information precautions adjacent flooded areas and (they) are encouraged to return immoderate basal measures to protect individual property.”

The GRCA besides released a flood informing for nan full Grand River watershed arsenic immoderate areas saw arsenic overmuch arsenic 60 mm of rainfall complete nan past 24 hours.

The agency besides noted that location has been a dense magnitude of rainfall complete nan past week and that nan area is expected to spot arsenic overmuch arsenic 20 mm heading into Wednesday.

“Thunderstorms whitethorn further summation nan magnitude of rainfall successful localized areas,” nan GRCA noted.

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“Water levels and flows successful rivers and streams passim nan watershed are elevated. The forecasted rain, mixed pinch isolated thunderstorms, will summation h2o levels further.”

The GRCA says that dense rainfall could perchance origin rivers and streams successful nan watershed to spot their flows summation quickly and without warning.

It says that astir of nan area is not expected to spot flooding though immoderate whitethorn hap successful low-lying areas.

The agency says that banks adjacent nan rivers are very slippery and that children and pets should beryllium kept distant from rivers, creaks and streams.