Summer storms wash out some Manitoba highways
Sections of Highway 44 and Highway 301 near the Ontario border washed out
The summer storms which swept through southern Manitoba have left some highways closed due to flooding.
Highway 44, from Highway 1 to Highway 312, is closed. Highway 301, from Highway 1 to Highway 44, is also closed. Both sections are near the Ontario border.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MBHwy44?src=hash">#MBHwy44</a> incident: Rennie to Caddy Creek, flooding, road closed, water on road, washout, impassable, signed a... <a href="https://t.co/CDMH2rEimV">https://t.co/CDMH2rEimV</a>
—@MBGovRoadsThe road is washed out and impassable on Highway 44 for 25 kilometres east of Highway 307, near Rennie, Man., according to the province.
<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MBHwy44?src=hash">#MBHwy44</a> incident: <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MBHwy312?src=hash">#MBHwy312</a> to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MBHwy1?src=hash">#MBHwy1</a>, flooding, road closed, water on road, washout, impassable <a href="https://t.co/58GZCiSQx0">https://t.co/58GZCiSQx0</a>
—@MBGovRoadsSouth of River Hills, Man., near Whitemouth, Highway 408 is closed for 10 kilometres.
The province also issued a voluntary evacuation order Saturday afternoon for certain areas in the Caddy Lake and Falcon Lake regions.
There is no word on when the roads will reopen.
