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.
Agricultural land in Maurice’s RM is under water as flood waters rise in parts of the province. (CBC)
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.
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.
Maurice’s RM chief said the floods were not particularly worrying until the storm this weekend. It’s just raining.
15 roads in the municipality are closed due to high waters, says Ralph Groening.
“We are fighting. “We are doing everything we can to protect our citizens, to keep our communities safe, to make sure that the water and wastewater system, our infrastructure are safe, but this has been a serious challenge for us,” he said.
Herp Lamba tramples sand in his yard to prevent floods from getting too close to his house. He has not experienced such a bad flood since he moved to East St. Paul, Man., 7 years ago. (SRC)
Just northeast of Winnipeg, East St. Paul residents are also dealing with the floods.
Herp Lamba moved to the area seven years ago and says floods have not been a problem until recently.
“Even when we knew rain and snow were coming, we didn’t expect to have to get sandbags and fill our backyards and our backyard would be so high underwater,” he said.
Snow and rain warnings
More weather warnings are in place, with snow and precipitation warnings issued in the southern and central parts of the province. Full details are available on the Environment Canada website.
A warning of winter storms was also in effect for parts of the province, as heavy snowfall continues in these regions. The warning was lifted in the early afternoon.
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.
Vehicles pass through a large puddle on Route 90 in Winnipeg on Saturday. There is still a rain warning in the city from Sunday. (Walter Bernal / CBC)
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.
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:
- Bisset-Victoria Beach-Nopiming-Pine Falls Provincial Park.
- Winnipeg.
- Dugald-Beausejour-Grand Beach.
- Morden-Winkler-Altona-Morris.
- Portage la Prairie-Headingley-Brunkild-Carman.
- Selkirk-Gimli-Stonewall-Woodlands.
Another precipitation warning is also valid for the following regions:
- Steinbach-St. Adolf-Emerson-Vita-Reacher.
- Sprague-Northwest Angle.
- Whiteshell-Lac du Bonnet-Pinawa.
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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