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Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley just west of Brandon along Grand Valley Road on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Grand Valley Road and the on/off ramps to the Trans Canada Highway west of Brandon sit under flood water from the rising Assiniboine River on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley in Brandon on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley in Brandon on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley just east of Brandon on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley just east of Brandon on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water inundates the Assiniboine River Valley in Brandon on Saturday morning, hours ahead of the expected first crest.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River cover 1st Street North in a couple places on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Water pours from the Assiniboine River into adjoining farmland along Grand Valley Road west of Brandon on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood water from the Assiniboine River covers farmland west of Brandon on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Spectators and members of the media look out at the flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River covering 1st Street North in Brandon on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Grand Valley Road and the on/off ramps to the Trans Canada Highway west of Brandon sit under flood water from the rising Assiniboine River on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Spectators and members of the media look out at the flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River covering 1st Street North in Brandon on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Spectators and members of the media look out at the flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River covering 1st Street North in Brandon on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River cover 1st Street North in a couple places o Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Flood waters from the rising Assiniboine River cover 1st Street North in a couple places o Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
A dike along 18th Street at Grand Valley Road, which is obscured by flood waters, holds back the rising Assiniboine River from the Corral Centre and Kirkcaldy Heights areas of Brandon in early July.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Downtown Brandon is seen in the background behind the flood waters covering 1st Street, Dinsdale Park and the Optimist Park soccer pitches on Saturday morning.Tim Smith/Brandon Sun
Downtown Brandon is seen in the background behind the flood waters covering 1st Street, Dinsdale Park and the Optimist Park soccer pitches on Saturday morning.
