Melting snow raising water levels in southern Manitoba

The province’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre says snow melt has begun in parts of Manitoba and is already resulting in rising water levels.

The province said on Friday that as a result a high-water advisory has been issued for the Assiniboine River from the Shellmouth Dam to Portage la Prairie.

Next week’s predicted warmer temperatures are expected to increase both the melt and ice movement across southern and central Manitoba.

As well, the province said runoff is expected to start next week in the Interlake where some communities, including Peguis First Nation, are bracing for the potential of a flood as high as a devastating one in 2022.