State of emergency declared in Winnipegosis, Mossey River
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This article was published 27/10/2010 (5713 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Flooding caused by strong winds driving water off of Lake Winnipegosis has prompted officials to declare a local state of emergency for the village of Winnipegosis and the surrounding RM of Mossey River in western Manitoba.
Five homes in the village of Winnipegosis were evacuated Tuesday night after water from the lake poured in off the beach into the adjacent neighbourhood.
Winnipegosis spokeswoman Jo Bunka said the flooding has been caused by strong winds from the north pushing water from the lake onto the shore and into the Mossey River, which normally drains into Lake Winnipegosis.
“The winds were clocked at 90 kilometres per hour,” Bunka said this morning in a telephone interview from the village office. “We’ve had flooding before but nothing like this. I’ve lived here 42 years and this is the first time we’ve had such a major catastrophe.”
Winnipegosis, with a population of about 650 people, is located 58 kilometres north of Dauphin on the southern shore of Lake Winnipegosis.
Bunka said volunteers have been busy building dikes all night. Dike-building is continuing today, she said, adding volunteers are needed to fill sand bags.
Bunka said at least two homes in the RM of Mossey River have also been evacuated.
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