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Live: Province providing flood forecast at 1:30 today

By: Staff Writer

02/27/2013 1:38 PM

Provincial officials will be providing their first flood forecast for 2013 this afternoon at 1:30 p.m.

Emergency measures minister Steve Ashton, along with flood forecaster Phillip Mutulu, Steve Topping from Manitoba Infrastructure and Transportation, and EMO director of recovery Lee Spencer will provide a forecast and preparations taking place for potential flooding along both the Assiniboine and Red Rivers.

The Free Press will be livestreaming the press conference above.

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Updated on Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at 1:38 PM CST:
Deputy minister Doug McNeil will not attend, but Steve Topping will be at the news conference.

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