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https://dev.inrs.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Actualite-Prevenir-inondations-grace-modelisation-inrs.jpg1000563In April the ground is still frozen and cannot absorb snowmelt. Watercourses swell and municipalities prepare for floods. Fortunately, they have some help in decision making. Two professors from the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS) are working on a management tool and mathematical model to help predict flood damage now and for decades to come.