Red River crests from Emerson to St. Adolphe

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The Red River has peaked between Emerson and St. Adolphe, the province’s Hydrologic Forecast Centre said Saturday, ahead of an expected significant snowstorm.

The forecasters are monitoring an expected precipitation system that will likely affect central and southern Manitoba, as well as the U.S. portions of the Red’s basin, next week.

The centre expects the system will bring between 30 and 80 cm of snow, or a possible mix of snow and rain. Forecasters expect the temperatures to drop below freezing this Wednesday and stay there until April 19 across most of southern Manitoba.

Forecasters don’t expect any runoff until April 20.

The Manitoba government activated the Red River Floodway on Friday morning to protect low-lying riverside properties in Winnipeg from flooding.

Flood warnings remain in effect for the Red from St. Jean Baptiste to Morris, at St. Adolphe and in the Selkirk area because of ice jamming, while the province issued a high-water advisory from Emerson to the Red River Floodway inlet except areas already under flood warnings.

Flows and water levels are rising on the Assiniboine River from the Shellmouth Dam to Winnipeg. The forecast centre expects the river to peak between Monday and April 18.

— staff