Rising flood waters in Southern Manitoba have forced at least six families from their homes, according to the CBC.
It’s nothing new for Montcalm residents, who also evacuated last year, and have been advised to expect similar conditions this season based on provincial flood forecasts.
The RM of Montcalm declared a state of local emergency on Thursday afternoon because of flood conditions.
Upholding social distancing protocols will be a priority when relocating the families, and also when sandbagging.
Manitoba Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre tells us the outflow from the Shellmouth Reservoir will be decreasing to 25 cubic feet per second (cfs) from 800 cfs as part of the normal spring operation.
The province is advising to stay off the Assiniboine River and all rivers at this time.
On Thursday the I-29 highway south of the border in North Dakota was closed due to flooding. An almost 40 kilometre stretch of road was affected just north of Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The City of Grand Forks posted this photo of high water levels on their Facebook page.
(photo courtesy of the CIty of Grand Forks)
Updated forecast information is available at www.gov.mb.ca/mit/floodinfo/index.html.
