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Province advises Red River to peak between April 28 and May 2 south of Winnipeg

Manitoba flood update No. 6

By Province of Manitoba April 24, 2023

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre advises the Red River is expected to peak between April 28 and May 2 south of the Red River Floodway inlet and between April 28 and May 4 in Winnipeg. The centre also reports that while most tributaries have already peaked or are near their peak within the

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Province advises outflow from Shellmouth Reservoir to increase

Manitoba flood update No. 5

By Province of Manitoba April 21, 2023

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre advises it will increase flows from the Shellmouth Reservoir to manage the level of the reservoir. The Assiniboine River has peaked between the Shellmouth Dam and Virden. Levels are gradually rising downstream of Virden as the runoff from spring melt and local tributaries contribute to the flow. Outflow

Fields near Altamont, Man., show their first signs of melting in the second week of April.

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Eastern Prairies get good marks on soil moisture

Manitoba has seen some of the coolest, wettest conditions of the Prairies so far

By Gord Gilmour April 20, 2023

Manitoba is sitting pretty for soil moisture as the growing season looms, according to one crops and weather specialist. Bruce Burnett, director of crops and weather for MarketsFarm, a division of Glacier FarmMedia, said things get drier as one looks further west in the Prairies, but Manitoba’s soil moisture is good — maybe even verging on too good. “Soil moisture

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Flood forecasters watching weather system’s impact on Manitoba basins

Manitoba flood update No. 4

By Province of Manitoba April 18, 2023

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is monitoring a forecasted weather system that could bring significant snowfall to most central and western Manitoba basins. The weather system could bring 10 to 40 centimetres of snow, with east winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour in portions of western, southwestern and central Manitoba. Areas

High moisture content from last fall has heightened Manitoba’s flood situation.

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Tracking the spring thaw

Late storms have not shifted flood forecasts much, with the Red River Valley already at high risk

By Don Norman April 17, 2023

The province’s flood outlook as of April 11 wasn’t much different from expectations in late March, although Timi Ojo, agriculture meteorology specialist for Manitoba Agriculture, said early April snowstorms made matters worse. There is high risk of a major flood in the Red River Valley between Emerson and Winnipeg, according to Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s

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Overland flood watch issued for Fisher River near Peguis, Fisher River First Nations

Manitoba flood update No. 3

By Province of Manitoba April 14, 2023

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is issuing a flood watch for the Fisher River near Peguis and Fisher River First Nations effective immediately, ending at 12 p.m. on April 15. This time period may change depending on future weather conditions. Moderate precipitation is forecast for the basin. With the rain, water levels could

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Overland flood watch issued for Winnipeg, Eastern Manitoba

Manitoba flood update No. 2

By Province of Manitoba April 13, 2023

Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre is advising the public that recent warm temperatures have initiated spring thaw and surface run-off has begun in most southern and central Manitoba basins. The centre is issuing an overland flood watch for eastern Manitoba including Winnipeg and areas east of Provincial Trunk Highway 75. The watch will

Recent precipitation events in the United States could see a flood of spring melt pour into the Red River Valley.

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Southern snowpack raises flood risk on the Red

Most rivers and lakes are expected to dodge major flooding, depending on how the spring melt shakes out

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 30, 2023

The Red River is Manitoba’s biggest flood risk this spring, at least so far. The province’s flood outlook, released March 22, flagged the Red River as the only major risk area, with “low to moderate risk of flooding in most Manitoba basins.” The main stem of the Red River between the international border at Emerson and the Winnipeg

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(Guest) Editorial: The eternal promise of the flooded mind

By Alexis Stockford March 30, 2023

There are two quotes bookending reporter Geralyn Wichers’ front-page story in the March 28 issue of the Co-operator on the bogged-down Lake St. Martin and Lake Manitoba outlet channels. Outside of the fact there’s seven years between them and one comes from the Progressive Conservatives and the other from the NDP, there’s not a big

Damage from the 2011 flood gave force to calls for outlet channels between Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg.

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Promises stalled on flood control

On the eve of another spring melt, the Lake St. Martin and Lake Manitoba channels remain in regulatory limbo

By Geralyn Wichers March 30, 2023

It’s been seven years since Brian Pallister stood on the shore of Lake Manitoba and promised that, if elected, channels to divert floodwaters into Lake Winnipeg would be built by the end of his first term. It was a promise from a party hoping to topple the then-incumbent NDP government, which had been faced with

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Province advises Red River to peak between April 28 and May 2 south of Winnipeg

Province advises outflow from Shellmouth Reservoir to increase

Eastern Prairies get good marks on soil moisture

Flood forecasters watching weather system’s impact on Manitoba basins

Tracking the spring thaw

Overland flood watch issued for Fisher River near Peguis, Fisher River First Nations

Overland flood watch issued for Winnipeg, Eastern Manitoba

Southern snowpack raises flood risk on the Red

(Guest) Editorial: The eternal promise of the flooded mind

Promises stalled on flood control

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