Flooding has forced hundreds of people living in Peguis First Nation to leave their homes after local officials issued a mandatory evacuation order.
Posted: May 02, 2022 8:06 AM CT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago
Areas in the Interlake and east of Lake Winnipeg received an average of 30 to 50 millimetres of precipitation over the weekend, after a month of enormous rain and snowfall that has already saturated the ground, Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure said. Other houses in outlying areas have been cut off by flooding over roads. There are at least six roads that are inaccessible due to flooding, Hudson said."So when it comes to emergency services like ambulance, fire, etc., RCMP, those roadways are cut off completely."Several roads in Peguis First Nation have been flooded.
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