The province has scaled back its flood forecast for the Red River, with less water headed this way than first expected.
In its latest flood bulletin Friday, officials say “it is possible PTH 75 at Morris may not have to close.” In 2009, the flood that officials had most often used as a comparison to what was expected this year, Highway 75 closed at Morris for 36 days due to water over the road.
The level of the Red River also dropped in Winnipeg – from a high of 18.7 feet Wednesday it was down to 18 feet Friday, due to the operation of the floodway that diverts Red River water around the city.
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The flood was also a non-event south of the border. Fargo spent $3 million and filled 1.6 million sandbags in anticipation of a record flood but the Red River never even touched the sandbag dikes there. Experts had predicted a crest as high as 42 feet but the water peaked at just over 33 feet.
A flood warning remains in place on the Assiniboine between from Miniota to Brandon in western Manitoba. Flooding there is expected to affect mainly agricultural land.
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