Alerts
- Ring dikes at Niverville and Gretna are being partially closed in anticipation of the rising Red. The ring dike at Riverside has been fully closed.
- Sudden flooding from an ice jam has forced 85 people from their homes in Riverton.
- A state of local emergency has been declared for parts of the City of Winnipeg.
- The province has ordered the precautionary evacuation of 800 people in the rural areas of the RM of Richot.
- Red Cross emergency reception centre has been set up at Century Arena on Clarence Avenue for evacuees from the RM of Ritchot. People are asked to register at the centre once they arrive in Winnipeg.
- Manitoba flood now forecast to be 2nd worst in 100 years
- The City of Winnipeg has issued an urgent call for 500 to 600 volunteers to build sandbag dikes at 100 properties. Volunteers are asked to call 311.
- Flooding has forced about 40 people from their homes on the Peguis First Nation.
- Sandbagging volunteers need in RM of Ritchot. Contact the Emergency Coordination Centre at 883-2633.
- Floodwater has washed out provincial road 415 leading to St. Laurent. School buses for the Franco-Manitoban School Division are not running in St. Laurent.
- The RM of St. Andrews is calling for sandbagging volunteers. Volunteers should call (204) 738-2264.
- A travel advisory has been issued for PR 242, 2 km east of Westbourne due to water over the road.
- Hwy 204 remains closed and junction of 204 and the 212 is closed with water over the intersection.
- Red River Floodway has been opened.
- Highway 75 will be temporarily closed from Winnipeg to approximately 20 kilometres south of Morris starting Tuesday at noon. It will reopen when the flood threat has passed.
- Highway 75 on both the north and south ends of Morris will be closed at noon, April 7. Detours will be marked.
- West St. Paul, St. Andrews and Selkirk: Volunteers needed to fill sandbags and build dikes. Gather at the South St. Andrews Fire Hall at 5610 Main Street.
- Roseau River: Evacuation order has been lifted.
- South Winnipeg: About 40 volunteers are urgently needed to assist with the sandbagging effort in south Winnipeg this afternoon (April 2, 2009). Call 311 for more information on volunteer registration.
- Residents on Kingston Crescent may be at risk for flooding. City officials are advising residents that two or three layers of sandbags on top of the permanent dike will be necessary.
- The City of Selkirk has declared a state of emergency.
- Province of Manitoba: Planning for Evacuation: Health Care and Family Preparations
- The Courchaine Bridge, which spans the Red River at the south end of the city, has been closed in preparation for operating the floodway.
- Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation: Nearly every home in the community has been evacuated. Of the 800 residents, only 96 remain.
- Riverside: Provincial flood officials making plans to soon evacuate.
- St. Andrews: Volunteers desperately needed for various tasks, call: 481-0739. Donations of food are also gratefully accepted. Call so delivery can be coordinated. People who need sandbags are asked to call 492-8689.
- Roseau River First Nation: Evacuees have started arriving in Winnipeg. Residents have received notices that they must be gone by March 30.
- Fargo: At least 20,000 people are on standby to evacuate their homes as early as Friday afternoon.
- Manitoba's senior cabinet minister in Ottawa, Vic Toews, said Canada's military is on stand-by to battle the Manitoba flood, as it did in 1997.
- East St. Paul: Emergency measures organization has lifted the evacuation alert for all residents.
- Fargo: Emergency officials report some sandbags are breaching. Crews are out trying to repair them.
- Rural municipalities of West St. Paul, East St. Paul, St. Andrews, Blanchard, St. Laurent, Franklin, and St. Clements have all declared states of emergency
- St. Andrews: Residents are being evacuated as blocked culverts have caused overland flooding
- Roseau River First Nation: Prepare for evacuation
State of Emergency
Full Dike Closure
Partial Dike Closure
Caution Issued
