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Reported Event Damages<br />
Storm# Location # Communities TYPE Damage (#)<br />
283<br />
Southern <strong>and</strong> Eastern<br />
Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> 93 Rainfall (Igor) $100,000,000<br />
121<br />
Bishop Falls, Stephenville,<br />
Deer Lake 3<br />
Rain <strong>and</strong><br />
Snowmelt $34,000,000<br />
220 Stephenville area 11 Rainfall $10,000,000<br />
183 St. Johns 1 Rainfall $6,700,000<br />
239 Western Avalon Peninsula 33 Rainfall $5,000,000<br />
096 Codroy Valley 4 Ice Jam $4,000,000<br />
127 Placentia 1 Coastal $3,000,000<br />
166 Hermitage-S<strong>and</strong>yville 1 Dam Break $3,000,000<br />
237 Rocky Harbour 1 Coastal $3,000,000<br />
193 Badger 1 Ice Jam $2,630,000<br />
164 Burin Peninsula 6 Coastal $2,200,000<br />
216 Flatrock to Bonavista 10 Storm Surge $2,000,000<br />
195 West Coast 5<br />
Rain <strong>and</strong><br />
Snowmelt $1,400,000<br />
169<br />
Central Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> -<br />
9 Rainfall<br />
Baie Verte Peninsula<br />
$1,250,000<br />
239 Placentia 1 Rainfall $1,000,000<br />
249 Belleoram 1 Rainfall $1,000,000<br />
237 Daniels Harbour 1 Coastal $538,000<br />
Table 5-3. Communities with damage estimates from the <strong>Flood</strong> Events<br />
Inventory<br />
5.4 Review <strong>and</strong> Assess Physical Hazard<br />
The term flood is used to generalize all types of water inundation events, but it is important to<br />
underst<strong>and</strong> the causes of flooding present in individual watersheds. The <strong>Flood</strong> Events<br />
Inventory, Water Resources Atlas of Newfoundl<strong>and</strong>, community flood risk maps (where<br />
available), <strong>and</strong> ancillary GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data were analyzed in order to<br />
determine the prevalent source of flooding for identified key communities. For example, Badger<br />
is an inl<strong>and</strong> town located in northern-central Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> at the convergence of the Exploits<br />
River with two smaller streams. The <strong>Flood</strong> Events Inventory indicates that the majority of floods<br />
at Badger take place in the winter <strong>and</strong> are the results of ice jams, with no recorded events<br />
during ice-free seasons (Dept. of Environment <strong>and</strong> Conservation, 2012). Whereas many<br />
Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> towns are located in smaller coastal watersheds, Badger sits in a terrestrial<br />
watershed drained by the Exploits River, that covers much of inl<strong>and</strong> Newfoundl<strong>and</strong> (Figure 5-1).<br />
According to the Department of Environment <strong>and</strong> Conservation (Dept., 2011), the town of<br />
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