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Friday, March , 2015

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Ice Jamming on The River

this week

Back in Time
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Buddy
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TCS Science
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Photo by Darryl Holyk

By DARRYL HOLYK

CP Police
Educate
Students

ast Friday, the Province

released its first Spring
Flood Forecast for 2015.
While fairly vague at this
point, the southwest region of Manitoba has been
tagged as moderate to major risk for spring flooding.
We are not anticipat-

ing a lot of surface flooding at this time but it is all

subject to change, stated
Town of Minnedosa CAO
Ken Jenkins. Obviously, if
we experience more snowfall or rain, the water levels will rise. At this time, if
there is no further snow or
rain we can expect a relatively average spring.

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Who knows what

Mother Nature is going to
do this year but we remain
hopeful, stated Jenkins.
Throughout the year,
fl ood forecasters monitor the amount of rainfall
and snow and the impact
this has on water levels on
lakes, rivers, creeks and
streams.

As in years past, the

Province and local municipalities are preparing
to fight fl ood waters if required this spring.
At this time of year, it
is extremely important to
use caution around frozen
water surfaces, especially
fl owing rivers. Although
the river may appear to

be frozen over with a thick

layer of ice, remember,
there is fast flowing water
below the ice surface. You
have no way of knowing
how thick the ice on the
river may be. At anytime, it
can crack and open, as pictured above. The best practice is to stay off the ice.

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