{"id":420795,"date":"2011-05-10T15:28:06","date_gmt":"2011-05-10T15:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/05\/10\/flood-threatens-manitoba-province\/"},"modified":"2011-05-10T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2011-05-10T15:28:06","slug":"flood-threatens-manitoba-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/05\/10\/flood-threatens-manitoba-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Flood threatens Manitoba province"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59.0641509434\"><span><span>10 May 2011<\/span> <span>Last updated at<\/span> <span>11:28 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Officials in Manitoba have declared an emergency as flooding threatens the Canadian province&#8217;s second largest city of Brandon.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency workers are preparing to divert water to a swathe of rural land to protect other areas.<\/p>\n<p>The authorities have warned people in the La Salle River watershed to move valuables from their homes.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, officials plan to release water into a 225-sq-km (86.9 sq-mile) area near Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<p>The move would affect about 150 homes but would spare about 850 properties in a 500-sq-km area, the provincial government said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.gov.mb.ca\/news\/index.html?archive=2011-05-01&#038;item=11448\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 900 families were evacuated from Brandon, where on Monday Canadian soldiers were deployed to shore up dikes on the Assiniboine River.<\/p>\n<p>In Portage la Prairie, Cartier, St Francois Xavier and Headingley, residents were warned to move valuables out of their homes or to higher levels within the properties.<\/p>\n<p>And in the rural town of Cartier, 1,500 residents were told to evacuate on Monday evening, the CBC reported.<\/p>\n<p>Winnipeg, the provincial capital and largest city, is not considered at risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>View original post here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/int\/news\/-\/news\/world-us-canada-13350991\" title=\"Flood threatens Manitoba province\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Flood threatens Manitoba province<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 10 May 2011 Last updated at 11:28 ET Officials in Manitoba have declared an emergency as flooding threatens the Canadian province&#8217;s second largest city of Brandon. 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