Flood warning issued for Kitchener and Cambridge

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· Posted: Apr 03, 2025 8:18 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

The Grand River Conservation Authority has issued a flood informing for Kitchener and Cambridge.

The Grand River is expected to overflow its banks midday connected Thursday successful some Kitchener and Cambridge. 

On Wednesday, the Grand River Conservation Authority issued a flood ticker for Grand Valley, Waldemar, Drayton, New Hamburg, Ayr and the Village of Conestogo. This comes aft a flood informing for West Montrose was issued connected Monday.

The authorization says levels crossed the watershed are expected to stay precocious passim the week, with estimates varying betwixt 40 to 80 millimetres of precipitation crossed the watershed.

Both the flood informing and ticker remain in effect until Saturday astatine noon.

The flood informing comes aft the portion was pounded by freezing rainfall connected Wednesday and saw a melodramatic emergence successful temperatures connected Thursday. Temperatures are expected to scope arsenic precocious arsenic 17 C connected Thursday. 

The warmer temperatures won't instrumentality astir though, Environment Canada expects temperatures to emergence 12 C connected Friday but spell down to much seasonal levels connected the weekend. 

More rainfall is expected connected Saturday and the instrumentality of colder temperatures aboriginal adjacent week.