{"id":572858,"date":"2026-03-31T12:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572858\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T12:27:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T12:27:11","slug":"flood-watch-issued-for-grand-river-watershed-as-up-to-60-mm-of-rain-expected-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/572858\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood watch issued for Grand River watershed as up to 60 mm of rain expected this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Grand River Conservation Authority has issued a flood watch for the entire watershed as up to 60 mm of rain could fall in the next few days.<\/p>\n

“The forecasted rainfall is expected to generate significant runoff, leading to rising water levels,” the authority said in its flood watch.<\/p>\n

“Current forecasts indicate moderate to heavy precipitation throughout the week, with the majority expected [Tuesday], including a risk of thunderstorms. While projected totals vary, most forecasts call for 50 to 60\u202fmm of rain over the next few days.”<\/p>\n

The Grand River watershed stretches from Dundalk in the north, south to Lake Erie and includes all of Waterloo region, Guelph and Wellington County.<\/p>\n

The authority says areas that are at risk of flooding should take appropriate precautions in the days ahead. Those areas include:<\/p>\n

Grand Valley.Waldemar.Drayton.West Montrose.Village of Conestogo.New Hamburg.Ayr.Brantford.Six Nations.Caledonia.Cayuga.Dunnville.<\/p>\n

Levels in local rivers are already high and people are encouraged to use caution if they’re near local waterways, the authority said.<\/p>\n

Environment and Climate Change Canada warns there’s a risk of thunderstorms late Monday evening and overnight with up to 20 mm possible in Waterloo region.<\/p>\n

Rain continues on Tuesday with a risk of a thunderstorm and up to 15 mm of rain possible during the day with a high of 17 C.<\/p>\n

Wednesday is expected to be cloudy, but rain returns to the forecast on Thursday and Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":572859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-572858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}