As Atlantic Canada works to clean up the devastation brought by post-tropical storm Fiona, lessons from her brutal winds and waves should be used to secure the region against future storms, experts say.
Though much has been learned from previous storms to help the region better prepare for onslaughts like Fiona’s, Kevin Quigley, a professor of public policy and director of the MacEachen Institute at Dalhousie University, said more work must be done.
“We always benchmark ourselves against Juan,” Quigley said about the 2003 hurricane. “We’ve come a long way, but we need to commit ourselves to learning and improving for future storms.” “It’s a unique situation in Canada,” Greenan said. “Atlantic Canada is one of the highest-risk areas in Canada for sea-level rise. Planning for infrastructure is most important here.”
He and his colleagues have developed a tool called the Canadian Extreme Water Level Adaptation Tool that links global climate science to local decision making. The online tool lists more than 1,000 small-craft harbours in Canada and projects sea level rise for each one, taking into account local geography and circumstances.
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