Disaster financial assistance (DFA) will be provided for three high water/weather-related events that occurred earlier in the year.
$29.4 million has been set aside for the heavy rain that happened between June 28th and July 5th in western and southern Manitoba. The heavy precipitation was a one in 1,000-year rain that impacted Minnedosa, Rapid City, and Rivers, even resulting in the province losing confidence in the dam near Rivers. Evacuation recommendations were given to municipalities for a limited number of properties as a precaution.
DFA programs provide provincial assistance for certain disaster-related losses when a widespread natural disaster strikes and creates an unreasonable financial burden. Assistance is generally provided for recovery needs of local governments, occupied private residential properties, farms, small business and some not-for-profit organizations.
The two other events that the DFA will be provided for are $3.7 million for the high water situation in the Red River Valley for spring 2020 and $2 million for the heavy rain from June 6-10 in the southeast area of Manitoba.
The DFA application deadline for local authorities and those in the private sector is December 10th.
