Environment Canada has issued tornado warnings for the areas of Morden, Winkler, Altona, Morris, Steinbach, St. Adolphe, Emerson, Vita and Richer.

Several southern Manitoba communities are still under a boil water advisory.

Aerial footage sent to Global News shows dramatic overland flooding across parts of southern Manitoba.

The Red River has crested near Emerson, bringing high waters with it, but staying within its banks -- at least for now.

In the Rural Municipality of Emerson-Franklin, home to border crossings at Emerson and Tolstoi, the lack of regular traffic has impacted the lives of local residents.

The province issued a high-water warning for the Red River south of Winnipeg Wednesday and says it may put the Red River Floodway into operation as early as Thursday.

The Southern Chiefs Organization said the traffic disruptions are not protests, but rather 'a blessing of the grounds we travel, and an attempt to educate the people who come through about important issues to Manitobans.'

Manitoba MLA Cliff Graydon is running for re-election as an Independent after being kicked out of the governing Progressive Conservative caucus over allegations he groped a fellow party member.

A pregnant woman who walked across the United States border into Manitoba was rescued after she became trapped in a snowbank and appeared to go into labour.

Power was out for much of Thursday morning in areas of Emerson-Franklin, RM of Piney and RM of Stuartburn, thanks to a dump truck that got tied up in power lines.