The provincial government of Manitoba will be introducing funding programs to help residents affected by three severe weather events that occurred in spring and summer.
According to Infrastructure Minister Ron Schuler, the funding programs will help residents affected by the spring flooding along the Red River, heavy rain in southeast Manitoba in early June, as well as those impacted by the rainstorms that drenched parts of western Manitoba in late June and early July.
CBC News reported that the damage caused by the three events has been estimated to be at over $35 million, but some communities have yet to finish their damage tally.
“It is substantial. We haven’t even heard from all of the communities yet,” Schular said. “We will wait on them to reply and give them their invoices.”
Of the affected communities, Minnedosa, Rapid City, Rivers and other communities along the Little Saskatchewan and Assiniboine Rivers were hit the hardest by flooding.
The Manitoba government has set a December 10, 2020 deadline for applications for the funding programs.
