Latest Canada Day flooding update expected from city

Latest Canada Day flooding update expected from city

Drop-in sessions for thousands of flooded residents continue early this week

Latest City of Ottawa flood cleanup news conference

City of Ottawa officials including the mayor and public health staff will give another update Monday at 12:30 p.m. on the response to the major July 1 storms and flooding.

CBC News will carry it live here.

According to Environment Canada, 118 millimetres of rain fell at the Ottawa International Airport on Canada Day, starting around 2 p.m.

The city said last week that preliminary readings showed higher amounts fell elsewhere, particularly west of the core.

In Britannia, 167 millimetres of rain fell over about five hours. That's nearly 17 centimetres, or more than half a foot of rain.

That amount of rainfall is supposed to come just once every 200 years or so, according to the city's general manager of infrastructure and water services.

It appears rainfall amounts were highly localized on July 1, however: At the other end of town, the city said the Trim Road area of Orléans got just 15 millimetres.

As of Friday, the city said it had:

City offering support, information

Residents who experienced flooding are being pointed toward city resources such as the compassionate grant program.

The province is also looking at activating its Disaster Recovery Assistance for Ontarians (DRAO) program.

Three drop-in community information sessions remain for people affected by flooding:

Other community information hubs closed for good on Sunday.

Special hazardous household waste drop-offs will be held at Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School on Centrepointe Drive and Lakeview Public School on Corkstown Road from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Andrew Foote has been covering Ottawa-area news for the CBC since February 2013 after graduating from Carleton University. He can be reached at andrew.foote@cbc.ca.

With files from Liam Baker and Emma Weller