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I live in Winnipeg, and get to watch this while taking a surface Hydrology course. Fun stuff.
Manitoba, particularly Winnipeg, will have relatively few problems with the flood. Most houses have been mounded or ring diked, and many communities have been ring diked as well. Last year, the expansion of the Floodway was completed, which can divert up to 140,000 m^3/s of flow. The flood of 1997, which nearly overcame the capacity of the Floodway, would now be easily handled with minimal disruption to the City of Winnipeg. This current flood should not exceed 1997 levels.
That said, sand baggin will need to be done on many rural home and communities, as well as some low lying areas of Winnipeg. I will probably lend a hand, although there are already many volunteers.
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