Heavy rain in Manitoba has washed out roads in Manitoba's Interlake area.
The province has been pummelled with rain, with Setting and Local weather Change Canada (ECCC) issuing rainfall warnings for components of the Interlake area, and wind warnings in components of southwestern Manitoba.
Video shared with CTV Information reveals water overlaying sections of Freeway 9, and has washed out components of the freeway at Lakeside Street.
Manitoba 511 has confirmed a number of roads have been closed. The province mentioned a washout has left Freeway 222, about 5 km north of Gimli, impassable. It mentioned the identical freeway within the neighborhood of Camp Morton, a bit greater than 3 km north of Gimli can be closed resulting from washouts and water on the highway.
The rainfall warning in place for areas together with Gimli mentioned many areas have been hit with 30 to 50 mm of rainfall, with one other 10 to twenty mm anticipated all through the day Tuesday.
"Heavy downpours could cause flash floods and water pooling on roads," the warning from ECCC reads, including flooding is feasible in low-lying areas. "Look ahead to potential washouts close to rivers, creeks and culverts."
Manitoba Hydro mentioned the heavy rain and wind have additionally brought about outages in southwestern Manitoba.
"As wind gusts as much as 90 km/h are anticipated to proceed into this afternoon in some areas, we're seeing outages persist," Manitoba Hydro mentioned in a Tweet Tuesday afternoon.
It mentioned crews are working to get the facility again on for folks affected.
Extra details about highway closures will be discovered on Manitoba 511 on-line.
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