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Manitoba sewer backup victims not eligible for government compensation
Between 37 and 40 millimetres of rain fell over 30 minutes
The Canadian Press on June 17, 2016
People whose basements flooded with raw sewage last week in Selkirk, Man., aren’t eligible for provincial or municipal compensation.
Selkirk got slammed with a torrential downpour on June 9 and the city’s storm sewer drains couldn’t keep up.
Between 37 and 40 millimetres of rain fell over 30 minutes, and 86 mm fell over a 24-hour period.
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Mayor Larry Johannson says that’s about half of what the city usually gets in the month of June.
Johannson says up to 130 basements were affected by flooding and some took in raw sewage.
Johannson says residents won’t be eligible for compensation.
“It doesn’t look like there’ll be anything coming through,” said Johannson.
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The city of Selkirk said most home insurance companies offer options for sewer backup and basement flooding.
“As sewer backup is an insurable event, citizens who’ve experienced such flooding would not be eligible for Disaster Financial Assistance,” the city wrote on its website.
The city is offering free curbside pickup of flood-related waste.
Manitoba sewer backup victims not eligible for government compensation
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