April 29: St. Norbert residents have been ordered to evacuate their homes by 8 pm tonight.

April 29: While the Brunkild Z-Dike in nearing completion, a new "St. Norbert Secondary Dike" is now under construction.

April 29: Evacuations have been ordered in the Mcdonald municipality towns of LaSalle and Sandford.

April 29: A line of scrapped cars and derelict school buses has been placed in front of the Z-dike in order ro function as a breakwater to diminish the impact of wave action on the dike.

April 29: High winds yesterday resulted in whitecaps in the rural floodzone in southern Manitoba. Perimeter dikes for Emerson, Letellier, Morris, St. Adolphe appeared to handle the waves well. St. Agathe appears to have lost its battle against the flood as floodwaters came in from Highway 75 shortly after midnight this morning.

April 29: The Brunkild Z-Dike is expected to hold back water by tonight. Water was still 2.4 km away from the dike yesterday afternoon.

April 27: Mandatory Evacuation Notices have been issued today by the City of Winnipeg for 187 homes along Kingston Row and Kingston Crescent west of Dunkirk. Fire Stations #23 and #26 will accept household chemical products, these should not be left with regular household refuse. Flood Evacuation in this area is to be completed by the end of April 29.

April 27: 2,500 homes north of the Brunkild Dike were notified that they should be prepared to evacuate on a 24 hour notice basis. This is due to concerns for these southern area of Winnipeg in the event of a dike failure.

April 27: 4 million sandbags have been produced and placed in the City of Winnipeg. A 4th sandbagging machine has been placed on line increasing the City's production capacity for sandbags to 300,000 per day.

April 26: A dike is currently under construction to close a 26km long gap near the Sanford and LaSalle areas. Water being pushed from the Red River and spring runoff could potentially come up the Morris River watershed towards Brunkild and surrounding areas, finally spilling into the LaSalle River .The risk is that the LaSalle River would swell massively and this mass of water could sneak into the City of Winnipeg where the Red joins the LaSalle inside the floodway. The construction of a dike this length would normally require one month to complete. Construction crews are required to finish the dike within 3 days.

April 26: Ice jams were blamed for the abrupt rise of the Assiniboine River yesterday. Evacuation of some residents occurred in an apartment tower which suffered water damage to its elevators. Several low-lying parkades took on water along Wellington Crescent.

April 26: The first Winnipeg home was lost to the flood yesterday. The home is located at 4269 Pembina Highway.

April 26: The Prime Minister of Canada will tour the floodzone today.

April 25: The Assiniboine River continues to rise inside the City of Winnipeg. An apartment tower at 277 Wellington Cres. begins to take on water in lower parkade levels. Elevators are out of order as water has filled elevator shaft pits.

April 25: Pembina Highway is now closed at Rue des Trappistes to allow completion of a dike which will protect Winnipeg from flood water entering the city via Pembina Highway.

April 25: Manitoba Ham Radio Operators have established repeater sites covering southern Manitoba, including Winnipeg. Ham radio operators are positioned at the Emergency Operations Centre at EMO as well as flooding trouble spots. TetrES FloodZone is actively monitoring ham radio frequencies. Ham Radio operators are helping to coordinate sandbagging, etc. Their role will likely increase substantially as telephone services suffer damage in flooded areas.

April 25: Ness Avenue has been closed due to overflow from the swelling Sturgeon Creek.

April 24: Highway 75 from St. Jean Baptiste to Morris is now completely under water. Highway 23 out of Morris is water covered in parts, but still passable via large trucks.

April 24: Residents report that yesterday (April 23), a 40 year old dike along the Cooks Creek diversion east of Oakbank, gave way. Evacuation orders were given to several of the residents and several remain behind trying to save their homes, the RM is trying to keep roads in and out of the area open.

April 24: The City of Winnipeg ordered the evacuation of 51 homesin the vicinity south if the Red River Floodway. Streets affected inlcude portions of Greenview, Minerva, South Pembina Highway, Turnbull Drive, and South St. Mary's Road.

April 24: St. Boniface Hospital announces it will limit admissions and cancel scheduled surgery to prepare for the possibility that its dikes so not hold.

April 24: St. Pierre residents are currently under evacuation. Evacuation is to be completed by 8pm tonight.

April 23: The City of Winnipeg has declared a state of emergency, thereby allowing the city to enter private property. Authorities are now able to force individuals to leave their homes and to ban boating traffic on the river. Kildonan Park, Crescent Drive and Kings Park are now closed for flood preparations.

April 23: Highway 75 is now closed between St. Norbert and Emerson. Only evacuation traffic will be permitted.

April 23: Troops and Engineers are arriving from Edmonton and Calgary for duty in southern Manitoba.

April 23: Southern Manitoba is undergoing evacuation. Approximately 17,000 people are expected to be moved during evacuations expected to last through Friday. Seniors and hospital patients are being moved from Morris to locations such as Protage la Prairie.

April 23: Sandbaggers are needed at Kingston Row and the St. Vital Bridge

April 23: The City of Winnipeg has now closed Kildonan Park due to flooding.

April 23: Helicopters are seen overflying areas to evaluate flooding conditions.

Please watch this space for additional updates. We will be bringing you more stories in the days ahead.

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Good Luck in Your Sandbagging Efforts!!