Progress is being made reinforcing flood protection along the Souris River by municipal and provincial staff.
Flood-protection efforts by municipal and provincial staff along the Souris River continue. Equipment and resources are being deployed in the area.
A flood of record on the Souris River has resulted in an intensive flood-protection effort in southwest Manitoba that includes evacuations and dike construction and reinforcement.
The U.S. National Weather Service has upgraded the forecast flow on the Souris River at Westhope, N.D., to 26,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) between the end of June and beginning of July, based on observation of flow from Sherwood, N.D., to downstream areas.
Rainfall across the Souris River basin will contribute heavily into the already flood-swollen Souris River in Manitoba and North Dakota.
The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority will conduct a two-day test of the Fishing Lake channel in the upper Assiniboine River basin next week.
The President of Keystone Agricultural Producers, Doug Chorney, and members of the local media will spend the day touring the province and surveying farmland from the air to view the impact of flooding in several regions.
Provincial sandbagging machines are in operation in The Pas, at the Brandon Correctional Centre, Kapyong Barracks, in Crane River and in the RM of Ste. Rose.
Manitoba’s Urban Search and Rescue Team (USAR) is being deployed in the rural municipalities of St. Laurent and Woodlands to support property owners following damage caused by high water, wind and waves along the southeast shore of Lake Manitoba.
Manitoba’s Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team is now deployed in the RMs of St. Laurent and Woodlands to assist property owners to access their properties for inspection and to collect possessions.
