Flooding risk, mitigation top of mind 5 years after 'mind boggling' storm hit Windsor, Tecumseh
CBC
Sasha Stasko remembers fishing out food and her kids' toys from her flooded basement the night of Sept. 29, 2016.
Now every time it rains, she fears for her and her neighbours' homes.
"I think many people around here are nervous every time it rains," she said. "And it's not just inside flooding that's the problem, but outside flooding continues to be a problem."
Stasko is one of thousands in Windsor-Essex whose homes and businesses were flooded after a massive rain storm dropped nearly 200 millimetres of rain on the area. It overwhelmed pumps and sewer systems in just four hours on the morning of Sept. 29.
The event was one of the worst natural disasters in the country that year, according to Environment Canada. Nearly 3,000 people reported flooding events in Windsor that day while 1,300 basements took on water in Tecumseh.
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