'It's a fool's errand': Winnipeggers left pumping water after latest rainfall hit the city
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The constant barrage of rain this year has left many Winnipeggers having to pump water out of their basements, including on Thursday when 42mm of rain hit the city in an hour.
The latest rainstorm to hit Winnipeg came fast and furious Thursday.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), 42mm of rain pounded the city in about an hour’s time.
Charleswood resident Shannon Morley told CTV News it came down in buckets at her home near Varsity View Community Centre.
“It was raining really, really hard,” Morley recalled. “There was a lot of rain in the ditches, but I didn’t expect that within an hour my basement would be flooding.”
Morley said the egress windows on one side of her house filled up with rainwater before it began spilling into her home. Morley said she’s made upgrades to the basement since buying the home in 2015 including egress windows, but they were no match for Mother Nature.
“I’ve done everything I possibly can to avoid any damage from the water.”
She said the water quickly filled up the three ditches surrounding her home and left the yard in ruins.
