WINNIPEG – Some rural schools have closed as southern Manitoba is expected to be walloped by another winter storm Monday.
Environment Canada has put most of the region under a snowfall warning, predicting total accumulations of 10 to 25 centimetres of snow before the system tapers off on Tuesday morning.
Winnipeg will receive 10 to 15 centimetres of snow by midnight, the warning says.
Pine Creek, Fort La Bosse, Southwest Horizon School Division, Red River Valley, Border Land, Prairie Spirit, Prairie Rose and Turtle Mountain school divisions have cancelled school Monday. The Brandon School Division cancelled rural buses and closed Alexander, O’Kelly and Spring Valley schools, and Ginew School on Roseau River First Nation is also closed.
A disturbance over the Dakotas is tracking southeastward and several intense bands of snow were expected to move into southern Manitoba Monday morning, Environment Canada said.
East to northeast winds gusting to 50 kilometres per hour will also affect visibility. The provincial road report morning indicated poor visibility on many stretches of highway, including parts of highways 1, 2, 3 and 5.
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“It’s going to be a very tough day,” Global Winnipeg weather anchor Mike Koncan said. “Highway driving is going to be very difficult.”
Environment Canada expects the highest amounts of snow to fall along the U.S. border, where accumulations could reach 20 to 25 centimetres by late Monday night.
Communities under the warning are:
Brandon – Carberry – Treherne
Killarney – Pilot Mound – Manitou
Melita – Boissevain – Turtle Mountain Provincial Park
Minnedosa – Neepawa – Russell – Riding Mountain National Park
Morden- Winkler – Altona – Emerson – Morris
Portage La Prairie – Headingley – Brunkild – Carman
Steinbach – St.Adolphe – Dominion City – Vita – Richer
Ste. Rose – McCreary – Alonsa – Gladstone
Virden – Souris
Sprague – Northwest Angle Provincial Forest
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