Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre advises rising water levels along the Red River north of Emerson due to significant precipitation that occurred in the United States’ portion of the Red River basin.
The Hydrologic Forecast Centre indicated the southern portion of the Red River basin in the United States received up to 80 millimetres of precipitation as rain and snow mix between December 24 and 27. This has resulted in an increase in water levels north of the border. Water levels have increased by about five feet near Emerson and are peaking. Water levels continue to rise north of Emerson bringing a three- to five-foot rise as the river approaches Winnipeg in the next three to five days.
This rise in water levels may lift up the ice and create open water conditions near the river shorelines. People are advised to take precautions.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure will provide spring flood outlooks in the later weeks of February and March as in previous years.
