WINNIPEG — The province is gearing up to close the cut at Hoop and Holler bend in the Assiniboine River to limit the number of properties deliberately flooded. The timing of the closure — perhaps as early as this weekend — depends on how soon th...

NEWTON, Man. — In the Manitoba flood zone, all they can do is wait. They've moved their belongings from the basement to the main floor. They've protected their homes the best they can. Along road after road southeast of the cut in the dike at Hoop a...

Members of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (PPCLI) work at shoring up a dike along the Assiniboine River near Poplar Point, Manitoba, May 13, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Fred Greenslade

Share this By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Manitoba opened its dike on the swollen Assiniboine River on Saturday, starting a slow creep of water across rich farmland to avert a potentially catastrophic, unplanned breach in the Cana...

WINNIPEG — It's more than three decades since Manitoba was in such dire peril that a premier took live to the airwaves to lay it on the line. But Premier Greg Selinger went live on television Friday evening, just hours before the province takes a de...

Share this By Rod Nickel WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Manitoba ranchers scrambled to move cattle to higher ground on Friday as efforts to contain record flooding on the Assiniboine River funneled high water into a major livestock region. Acro...

Christine Cleaver and other workers arrange sandbags as they try to protect a home southeast of Portage la Prairie, Man., on Tuesday, May 10, 2011. The province plans to break its dikes on the flooded Assiniboine River, swamping a large swath of farml...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba will punch a hole in a dike along the south side of the Assiniboine River east of Portage la Prairie and risk flooding 150 homes rather than take the chance an uncontrolled flood will swamp many more. That was the grim choice flo...

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government declared a state of emergency Monday as flood waters from the Assiniboine River threatened the city of Portage la Prairie, 80 kilometres west of Winnipeg, and the surrounding rural municipalities of Portage, Woodla...

The Washington Post has a story today, Floods along the Mississippi River lead to renewed calls for a change in strategy, detailing the various ways that governments are coping with increased flooding. But the discussion shouldn't just be limited to te...

BRANDON, Man. — Canada’s military has been dispatched to Manitoba to help battle the record-setting floods, officials said. Dimitri Soudas, a spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, confirmed Sunday that “our government would be sending the...

STORY HIGHLIGHTS Cleaning up damage at the airport could take months, its director says Airport officials are working to help American Airlines and Cape Air return to full service Preliminary estimates show the tornado hit with winds between 1...

The Manitoba government will not place any cap on a fund to help homeowners and cities damaged by flooding even though, based on rising water levels, the costs are expected to be significant. Flooding across the province is the worst in modern memory,...

Tweet Share this WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Flooding caused by the Red River's steady rise forced Canadian Pacific to reroute trains on one Manitoba branch line on Wednesday and to close another. The Manitoba government is building dikes acr...

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota (Reuters) – Residents of Oslo, Minnesota on Wednesday walked levees and waited out massive flooding that has turned their community into a tiny temporary island in the Red River for a third year in a row, Mayor Scott Kosmat...

FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) – The Red River edged toward an expected crest on Saturday, when rain was predicted for the region that has been fortified against flooding by miles of sandbags, reinforced dikes and other protective measures. The Natio...