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The Basics of Flood Risk

What is Flood Risk?

Flood Risk comes from a community-specific combination of HAZARD (rainfall, storm surges), EXPOSURE (people, structures and natural systems in the hazard area), and VULNERABILITY (characteristics of the community that increase sensitivity to damage).

  • To learn more about Flood Hazards, visit the What is Flooding section of the website.
  • To see where the floodplains are in Durham region to understand your potential exposure, visit the Where are the floodplains section of the website.
  • To learn more about how some are more vulnerable to the impacts of flooding, visit Flood Vulnerability.

This infographic by Partners for Action is a great resource to understand flood risk and vulnerability.

Contact Us

The Regional Municipality of Durham
605 Rossland Road East
Whitby, Ontario Canada L1N 6A3

Telephone: 311 (within region limits)
Telephone: 905-668-7711
Toll-Free: 1-800-372-1102

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