22-02-2018 08:59 via vancouversun.com

Surrey prepares for climate-change-related flooding

For the past 45 years, Arnold Wieners’ family has farmed hundreds of acres of land in Surrey, which he hopes to be able to pass on to his children and grandchildren.
But, if something is not done to address the risk of flooding due to climate change from the nearby Serpentine River, Wieners’ property could be wiped out within 80 years.
“We have a river running right through our property, and right now it’s protected by approximately 14-foot-high dikes. If we get rising wa
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