A Manitoba group is filling sandbags to assist houses and companies after it skilled “important” flooding from a rainstorm on Monday morning.
The City of Swan River in western Manitoba mentioned in a submit late Monday it was asking for volunteers to assist.
Swan River’s industrial park and the south finish of city are among the many areas the city is specializing in for sandbags. The city mentioned in a submit the south finish noticed important flooding from east of the group.
Rick Wowchuck, the MLA for Swan River, mentioned in a Fb submit late Monday that volunteers, RCMP, conservation officers and firefighters are additionally sandbagging houses and establishing pumps within the city’s southwest nook. He mentioned it’s as a consequence of rising waters from the Roaring River “discovering its manner down any drainage system throughout land.”
Sandbags line a house in Swan River, Man. after important flooding on June 8, 2026.
Fb/Rick Wowchuk
Whereas Swan River is coping with flooding from the storm, different communities in western Manitoba are with out energy from Saturday and Sunday storms.
Manitoba Hydro mentioned Monday night time that Minitonas, Virden and Russell are nonetheless affected.
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“Good progress right now however injury to our infrastructure is extreme and a few areas like Minitonas are inconceivable or unsafe to entry,” the Crown company mentioned in a submit on X.
The company mentioned Virden would have 20 prospects stay with out energy in a single day, with 16 in Russell and greater than 400 in Minitonas.
Minitonas declared a state of native emergency after the heavy rain, and issued a boil water advisory after a lack of water strain in its distribution system.
Harm consists of a number of spans of traces and poles down in additional than 100 particular person outages throughout elements of southwest Manitoba and the Parkland space, the company added. At its top, roughly 4,000 individuals have been with out energy Monday morning.
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