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In addition to the 16 high-risk events — which include weather events, infrastructure failures and human-induced scenarios including hostage and mass casualty events — the disaster assessment plotted 49 more hazards at medium, low and very low risks.Article contentForecasts of heavy rainfall around southern Alberta last June put “tens of millions of dollars” of property and critical infrastructure in Calgary at risk of flooding, resulting in city officials calling a local state of emergency.
City of Calgary crews build an earth berm across Memorial Drive as flood protection on Tuesday, June 14, 2022.Mitigation infrastructure and planning have provided the city with a 55 per cent reduction in flood risk, reads the report, and the under-construction, $576-million Springbank reservoir will reduce flood risk from the Elbow River by 70 per cent.Article content
“While early coordinated monitoring and preventative response measures helped minimize damages, long-term mitigation projects played an essential role,” reads the report. “The City and Government of Alberta investments in new flood mitigation infrastructure since 2013 has resulted in a reduction of flood damages of approximately $93 million every year.”Calgary saw 32 days under an extreme heat warning and 12 days when temperatures were frigid enough to prompt an extreme cold warning .
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