Manitoba has issued a flood warning in the province’s Red River Valley, from the southern Emerson community near the United States border to the entrance to the Red River Floodway south of Winnipeg.
The province’s hydrological forecasting center issued a warning in a press release Sunday afternoon.
The land flood warning is still in effect in parts of southern Manitoba. announced on Saturday.
A recommendation for a high water level has also been issued for the Whiteschell Lake area, the province said, as levels in most lakes are still rising due to rain and snowmelt over the weekend.
The basins in southern Manitoba – and the American parts of the Red, Suris, Pembina and Roseau river basins – have received an average of 60 millimeters of rain since Friday. Another 10 millimeters are expected on Sunday, which may fall like snow in some areas, the province said.
People in Manitoba must stay out of waterways, including streams, streams, rivers and floods, as high flows, debris and low temperatures pose a significant safety risk, the statement said.
Water levels in most tributaries in the Red River Basin and along the main riverbed are rising rapidly in response to recent rainfall. They are expected to continue to grow in the coming days, the province said.
The power outage continues
Thousands of people in Manitoba are still without electricity, and more than a dozen sections of the highway have been closed as heavy rains continue over the weekend in parts of the province and snowfall in some areas.
As of Sunday afternoon, there were more than 900 power outages reported to Manitoba Hydro, utility website he says. It is estimated that these interruptions will affect more than 15,000 people.
Most of the interruptions were in parts of southwestern Manitoba, from Winnipegosis to the United States border. An interruption in the northern area around South India Lake and Nelson House left nearly 900 people without electricity.
Other interruptions are scattered throughout the southern half of the province, including a handful reported in Winnipeg.
Expected recovery times vary, with some expected to return late in the morning and others not before about 5 p.m., Hydro’s website said.
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More than a dozen highway closures are in effect Sunday morning due to “poor winter driving conditions.” Full details can be found on the Manitoba 511 website.
In Winnipeg, the rain flooded several low points and subways, blocking some drivers, city police said.
North Road 90 between Dublin and Notre Dame was closed overnight due to a collapsed lane, the Winnipeg Police Department said on Twitter shortly after midnight.
But shortly after 3 a.m., police said the road was partially open and that city teams were still working to open other flooded intersections.
Southwest of Winnipeg, some are already experiencing major land floods. Stanley Rural Municipality said in an update that people who need sandbags can pick them up at the Road 25W Public Works Store, which will currently be open 24 hours a day.
Warnings for wind, snow, rain
More weather warnings are in place, with wind, winter storms, snowfall and precipitation warnings issued in the southern and central parts of the province. Full details are available on the Environment Canada website.
As the low Colorado system, which is moving to Manitoba, brings stronger northern winds on Sunday, the areas of Portage la Prairie, Heddingley, Brankild and Karman are under wind warnings, Environment Canada said in a signal issued early this morning.
Gusts of 90 km / h are expected, mainly north of the Trans-Canadian Highway.
A warning of winter storms also applies to parts of the province, as heavy snowfall continues in these regions. But the intensity of this snowfall is weakening and is expected to end mostly by noon or early afternoon, Environment Canada reported.
The regions with a warning for winter storms are:
- Virden-Suris.
- Dauphin-Russell-Roblin-Winnipegosis.
- Minedosa-Riding Mountain National Park.
- Ste. Rose-McCreery-Alonso-Gladstone.
A snowfall warning also applies to other parts of Manitoba, with 10 to 20 centimeters expected to fall. This snowfall should also decrease in the Interlake regions on Sunday morning and afternoon in the areas east of Lake Manitoba.
North winds with gusts of up to 70 or 80 km / h are expected with this snow, which could lead to reduced visibility with snow in open areas in the Interlake region on Sunday morning, Environment Canada reported.
The areas under the snow warning are:
- Arborg-Hekla-Fisher-Gipsomville-Ashern River.
- Berens River-Little Grand Rapids-Blood Vein-Atticaki.
- The poplar river.
- Grand Rapids-Waterhen.
Finally, rainfall warnings apply to several parts of the province, although the expected amount of rain varies by region.
In southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg, a total of between 30 and 60 millimeters of rain is expected this weekend.
Rain with isolated thunderstorms will continue on Sunday morning, but the intensifying north wind will lower temperatures and turn rain into snow this morning, Environment Canada reported. Then this afternoon or evening this snow will decrease as the low in Colorado leaves the area.
Gusts of 70 to 80 km / h will also weaken on Sunday night. And there is only up to five centimeters of snow that is expected to accumulate, as much of it will melt when it hits the ground.
The areas under this precipitation warning are:
- Winnipeg.
- Selkirk-Gimli-Stonewall-Woodlands.
- Dugald-Beausejour-Grand Beach.
- Portage la Prairie-Headingley-Brunkild-Carman.
- Morden-Winkler-Altona-Morris.
- Bisset-Victoria Beach-Nopiming-Pine Falls Provincial Park.
Another precipitation warning is also valid for the following regions:
- Steinbach-St. Adolf-Emerson-Vita-Reacher.
- Whiteshell-Lac du Bonnet-Pinawa.
- Sprague-Northwest Angle.
The low in Colorado is expected to bring 25 to 50 millimeters in southeastern Manitoba this weekend.
The same intensifying north wind will also turn rain into snow in those parts of the province, which is also expected to decrease on Sunday night and accumulate no more than five centimeters.
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