Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: La rive gauche de la Saône, la Presqu’Île, est sous les eaux dès le 18 mai. [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue de la montée des eaux sur le quai Saint-Antoine et le quai des Célestins]. | src Actu.fr
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Louis Froissart (1815-1860) :: [Inondations de Lyon (1856) : vue du quai Saint-Antoine, du quai des Célestins et du quai Tilsitt]; 1856-05-18. | src Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon
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“Floods Inundate West End,” Winnipeg Tribune. April 8, 1932. Page 1.
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Spring floods in St. James and the west end of Winnipeg Thursday turned streets into huge lakes and mighty rivers. Today the worst is over. In St. James Thursday afternoon 30 men worked till 8 p.m. opening drains to permit the water to go. The top picture shows a resident of King Edward St., St. James, picking his way carefully along the submerged sidewalk close to his home.
Below is a resident of Dundas st., Winnipeg, floating down to the corner grocer store on a raft.
Oh gosh, it’s flooded, and they have several roads closed. It feels like Irene, but it’s not a tropical hurricane that’s happening… just a crap ton of rain… I wish that I could share more flooded rivers, but I don’t want to accidentally dox myself, so here’s a short clip… if you listen closely over the sound of the rushing water you can hear “thunder”… That’s not thunder, that’s the sound of the boulders moving… Also, yes I was standing on a bridge with high rushing water running beneath.
“JAM PILES ICE 14 FEET HIGH NEAR SELKIRK,” Winnipeg Tribune. April 16, 1932. Page 1.
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Red River Rises Three Feet During, Drops Today
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Up two feet overnight, the Red River at Winnipeg this morning was 15 feet three inches above the low summer level. It dropped three inches in the forenoon today, however. Ice Is flowing smoothly to the North.
Ice on the Assiniboine river here is for the most part still intact, although rapid movement is reported further west. At Portage La Prairie today the river level rose two and feet and the ice was moving quickly. Ice began to break up at Baie St. Paul and Poplar Point.
Planks Splintered
The most serious report regarding the ice movement came today from Selkirk, where piles of 14 feet above the winter level of the Red River been thrust by the ice jam over the new riverside. These were built summer as a relief project.
A few planks on the dock have been splintered or dislodged by the ice blocks now covering the dock. Charles Taylor, town engineer, said today that there was little likelihood of further damage.
Because ice further down the river is still intact, the big jam has centred at Sugar Island just below the town.
Rise Anticipated
Taylor said that a rise in the river level was anticipated once the jam was broken. Selkirk, however, is in no danger of floods as the main portion of the town is 5 feet feet above the river. Selkirk flats nearby are two two-thirds under water.
Mild weather will continue in the west over the the week-end, the forecast stated today. South-east to south winds winds are expected in Manitoba under fair skies.
Today the temperature rose to 52 Fahrenheit by noon from the minimum of 33 during the night. Friday highest temperature was 56.
Today russian terrorist forces blew up the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on June 6. Large parts of the south of Ukraine are in danger of severe flooding. This is a terrible, barbaric act of ecocide. And russia will pay.