This article was last updated on April 16, 2022
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A recent update has confirmed that Manitoba has upgraded its spring flood threat in southern Manitoba from moderate to major taking into consideration the spring melt of the coming month. The trend indicates that the southern part of the province might experience a flood of the calibre of 2009, which was the second-greatest flood on the Red River at that time, since 1997 and the floods of the 1880s.
It was revealed that the temperatures are anticipated to begin rising above zero next week at which point flood-fighting efforts across the south and at a couple of points in the north will be upgraded in to an even higher gear. Officials are cautioning that, even with a record snow pack across the prairies, flood-weary Manitobans will still not suffered from a repeat of the record 2011 flood on the Assiniboine River. Since, the ground moisture conditions are a lot drier this spring than the big flood of 2011.
The Infrastructure and Highways Ministers, Steve Ashton, mentioned during the province’s second flood briefing of the year on Monday, that “going into 2011 we had significant moisture going into the freeze-up” and “we had record participation in the fall. That’s the big difference.” He explained that “tight now we have one area that’s significantly more favourable than 2011, the moisture content going into freeze-up.” Officials confirmed that flooding on the Assiniboine River, even with all the snow runoff from Saskatchewan, can be controlled by the Shellmouth Reservoir near Russell and the Portage Diversion.
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