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Water over roads closes highways

Water over the road has forced the province to close three highways this evening.

Closed are Highway 201, from Highway 242 to Highway 31; Highway 486, eight kilometres east of Highway 83; and two stretches of Highway 488, five kilometres south of Highway 10, and four kilometres east of Highway 486.

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However, Highway 222 at Hnausa has been reopened.

Highway 267 from Highway 10 to Highway 274 has been closed due to a washout, Manitoba Highways announced just after 8 p.m.

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