Military veterans arrive to help Peguis fight flood

A volunteer team of military veterans, first responders and citizens has arrived to help Peguis First Nation fight what is threatening to be a devastating flood.

Team Rubicon, a veteran-led humanitarian organization, arrived at the community 180 kilometres north of Winnipeg on Friday and is busy today mobilizing personnel and resources to assist.

Up to 100 volunteers are expected to continue arriving through the weekend to support sandbagging to protect homes and infrastructure.

In the last month, winter storms and cool temperatures have resulted in changing what provincial flood forecasters said was going to be a moderate risk of a significant flood to a warning water levels could reach the largest flood on record in 2022.

That flood caused hundreds of people to be evacuated and more than $275 million in damages.