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Risk of damaging flooding along Lake Ontario has been downgraded to low
International Joint Commission says high outflows continue
Reyes, Anthony
and last updated 2021-03-03 08:31:43-05
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) â The risk of flooding on Lake Ontario and the upper St. Lawrence River has declined from moderate in December 2020 to low.
According to a new report the International Joint Commission s International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Board released Monday, that risk dropped had to just 8%. Risk analysis in December found that the chances water levels would exceed the threshold at which damage would occur in shoreline communities was at 28%.