Brantford flooding.

[ZR]

Thoughts and prayers to those affected, be safe.

[ZR]

The flooding is expected to get worse downstream from Brantford later today, in places like Cayuga and the Six Nations reserve.
Reports of flooding stretched across southern Ontario, including London, Waterloo, Cambridge, Dunnville, St. Marys, Chatham-Kent and Orangeville.
Officials said ice is blocking water and forcing the heavier flows to find ways around the jams.

[ZR]

Boy swept away in riverDufferin OPP said that just before 1 a.m. ET, a female driver passed a roadblock put in place because of flooding. Her van was swept into the river near Orangeville. As the woman was exiting the vehicle, the child slipped out of her arms. The mother was taken to hospital.
The intensity of the fast-moving river swept the vehicle downstream about two kilometres toward a bridge at Line 109 and Tenth Line to its resting point.
Nancekivell told CBC News that "it's an ongoing police investigation." He said the OPP are searching for the child with a helicopter, a dive team, a drone and other search-and-rescue responders.

[SVOMACH1]

Wow

[5.4MarkVIII]

Terrible stuff.

[RedSN]

Reports of flooding stretched across southern Ontario, including London, Waterloo, Cambridge, Dunnville, St. Marys, Chatham-Kent and Orangeville.


It's no Grand River, but little stream that runs through my parents place is not so little.

https://photos.smugmug.com/Miscellaneous/i-FwHWDJs/0/d053188d/S/IMG_0031-S.jpg

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Feel really really bad for the woman in Orangeville, I can't imagine how horrific that must of been. Dark, cold, foggy, missed the road closure sign, 1 in the morning ...what a nightmare.

[ZR]

Came away thinking the same thing Don.

[92redragtop]

Saw the news about the boy yesterday and was hoping they would find him safe but hopes are dim now. This has been going for a few days now but seems to have been low on the radar initially but there have been states of emergency called at the city level.

[Biz]

Londons been hit hard.
Click the pics for large size.
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This is our over priced Canada 150 Band Shell!

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This is the river in Brantford

Before

https://s17.postimg.org/lo14l3kbv/IMG_8722.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/lo14l3kbv/)

After

https://s17.postimg.org/nfu3fyte3/IMG_8723.jpg (https://postimg.org/image/nfu3fyte3/)

[ZR]

Thanks for posting Biz, hard to look at though.

[OldSchool]

We had the pumps on stand by, 1/2” from my basment windows, ground was too frozen to pit dig for pumps. Located Upstream from brantford. Once the surface ice and ground thawed from the warm weather, things settled down for us. This cold snap we are in now is trouble for Brantford if that ice doesn’t break

[ZR]

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Photos from the scene show a dump truck partly in the water on the collapsed bridge in Port Bruce, roughly 25 km southeast of St. Thomas.
The collapse comes days after heavy rainfall hit the region. At one point, OPP warned that there was the potential for flooding to force residents out of their homes in Port Bruce though that did not come to pass.

[Armen]

That's crazy!

[ZR]

This one gives better idea of how far it fell.

http://aylmerexpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_0398-007-e1519415843409-1024x485.jpg

[ZR]

http://storage.sunmedia.ca/v1/suns-prod-images/1298009943185_ORIGINAL.jpg

[ZR]

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4549330.1519413107!/fileImage/httpImage/image.JPG_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/port-bruce-bridge-collapse.JPG

[92redragtop]

Need the MTO to check if he was overweight.

[RedSN]

Wow! Bridge was built in the 60’s. They aren’t saying if the collapse was flood water related, bridge failure, or combination of both. Looks like both of the piers gave way and the center span dropped.

[IanGTCS]

Bridge picture is crazy. Also makes you think about how many of our bridges were built in the 60's and are likely reaching the the time for extensive restoration or replacement.

One of my coworkers lives in Brantford and another on Six Nations but both have avoided any flooding. Forecast is calling for more rain this weekend and next week. At least the snow pack is gone.