Jun 18, 2026 · 17 min · 7 segments
Many Manitobans are realizing they’re uninsured or underinsured after heavy rains this month caused widespread flooding. We talk to an expert who says Canada is facing a 'crisis' around affordable…
Marcy MarkusaHost
Jason ThistlethwaiteGuest
Josh Crabb
In Manitoba right now, countless people are dealing with the aftermath of a huge flash flooding storm.
The backbreaking work of bailing out water and pumping out basements might be over, but there's a new type of hard work that has just begun for many Manitobans.
After relentless rain in one single event brought record-breaking amounts, flooding basements and streets and causing all kinds of havoc.
And then it was followed up by another rainstorm that was a one-day event this week that also had people in certain neighbourhoods of Winnipeg scrambling again and re-flooding.
Well, right now, the next part of that hard work that I'm alluding to is figuring out how to pay for it all, all of the repairs that people need, especially in their homes.
Now, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, only 50% of Manitoba homeowners have insurance for overland flooding, and that's the kind that happens when there's heavy, fast rain.
Luckily, Chantel Moshenko is one of those people, but it won't cover everything that she has lost.
Mud, water, and sewage filled her basement, which was full of precious family keepsakes.
In Manitoba right now, countless people are dealing with the aftermath of a huge flash flooding storm.
The backbreaking work of bailing out water and pumping out basements might be over, but there's a new type of hard work that has just begun for many Manitobans.
After relentless rain in one single event brought record-breaking amounts, flooding basements and streets and causing all kinds of havoc.
And then it was followed up by another rainstorm that was a one-day event this week that also had people in certain neighbourhoods of Winnipeg scrambling again and re-flooding.
Well, right now, the next part of that hard work that I'm alluding to is figuring out how to pay for it all, all of the repairs that people need, especially in their homes.
Now, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, only 50% of Manitoba homeowners have insurance for overland flooding, and that's the kind that happens when there's heavy, fast rain.
Luckily, Chantel Moshenko is one of those people, but it won't cover everything that she has lost.
Mud, water, and sewage filled her basement, which was full of precious family keepsakes.
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