Spring flooding? Lighter snowpack helps reduce flood risk this year, but brings no guarantees

Spring flood season is still two months away, but for the moment the region has a little good news: there’s a lot less snow up-river from Ottawa and Gatineau than there was last winter.
A heavy snowpack wasn’t the single biggest factor in last May’s floods, says a report from the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board. But it played a role.
“The main cause of the exceptional 2017 spring flooding can be described easily in just a few words: rain, rain and even more rain,&r