News - Flooding

Home, farm and business owners in areas affected by flooding in 2014 or that would have flooded without temporary flood protection measures, may be eligible to receive assistance from the nearly $15-million 2015 Individual Flood Protection Initiative.

The risk of flooding this spring is low in most areas of the province as run-off from melting snow has ended or is low, but a major rain or snowstorm could still produce late spring or early summer localized flooding.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation will operate the Portage Diversion to lessen the impact of potential ice jams on the Assiniboine River downstream of Portage la Prairie.

There is a variable risk of potential flooding across the province according to the Hydrologic Forecast Centre of Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation’s first 2015 spring flood outlook.

Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation advises ice cutting has begun on the Red River north of Selkirk as part of the provincial flood-fighting effort to reduce ice jam flooding.

Manitoba Beef Producers applaud the federal government announcement that eligible producers who sold cattle because of forage shortfalls due to flooding and excess moisture, will be allowed to defer tax on cattle sales for 2014.

The Hydrologic Forecast Centre has released a 2014 Fall Conditions Report on soil moisture levels at freeze-up.

Members of Keystone Agricultural Producers – many of whom are still reeling from the effects of last summer’s flood – are concerned over the inability of Excess Moisture Insurance to adequately cover their losses.

The City of Steinbach has received calls from some affected property owners regarding flooding in residential areas after the rainstorm this past Friday, August 29th.

Manitoba Finance has issued a special warrant to provide additional authority to finance emergency expenditures for the 2014-15 fiscal year.