Municipal flood maps waiting for province to catch up
Medicine Hat residents may have a hard time finding up to date flood maps for their property.
While information on the extent of projected flooding in the community is publicly available off the municipal government’s website, the data presented online is sourced from the province, not the local authorities.
The current maps do not show the impact from newly-constructed berms in the area, and city planners are still using data from flooding in 1995 to base their decisions.
As for the emergency plans in place for the city in case of a flood, the berms are ignored entirely.