Manitoba Braces for Flooding

Temperatures below the freezing mark gave officials time to continue sandbagging efforts in communities north of Winnipeg. But the cool weather also did little to ease massive ice jams on the Red River near Lower Fort Garry, north of the Manitoba capital. Those jams are causing the river to back up and flood its banks.

It seems southern Manitobans will be playing a kind of cat-and-mouse game with floodwaters over the next several weeks.

The City of Winnipeg continues to prepare for a water level of 20.5 feet James. For that level, 33 flood pumping stations will be activated and about 220 flood control gates will be operational. There will be about 35 temporary pumps deployed. The City is also raising some low areas on the primary dike.