Just media noise. Floods happen. Floods will always happen. I've done a few rescues from floods, it's scary, and you feel somewhat resentful of people who were given ample opportunity to get out, but didn't.

We'll have more of them. I've posted here that the 2 things you need to prepare most for are economic crisis and climate change.

Something BIG happens all the time. Your BIG deal up there in Canada may well be destruction of farmland from water issues.