How much rain fell in southern Manitoba over the past 24 hours?
As southern Manitoba continues to be hit with heavy rain, a number of communities received more than 50 mm of rain over the last 24 hours.
On Tuesday morning, Environment and Climate Change Canada said over the past 24 hours Morden and Dominion City received 63 millimetres (mm) of rain.
It noted Gretna was hit with 55 mm of precipitation, while Stonewall got 53 mm.
The Winnipeg airport got 50.3 mm of rain. However, the Forks received less rain at 35 mm.
The weather agency said Altona and Steinbach were hit with 49.5 mm, while Portage la Prairie and Emerson saw slightly lower amounts at 48.6 and 47, respectively.
Brandon got less than one mm of rain because the rain band was east of the city. However, Environment Canada is reporting 30 to 35 mm of rain in the Brandon-Portage corridor.
It wasn’t just rain that pelted the province; many regions were hit with heavy winds as well.
According to Environment Canada, wind gusts got as high as 106 km/h in Minnedosa and 100 km/h in Portage la Prairie.
The Lakeland Agriculture Site saw winds reach 96 km/h, while in Deerwood they reached 94 km/h.
Environment Canada reported that the Bagot Agriculture Site experienced winds as fast as 91 km/h.
The weather agency has issued rain and windfall warnings across southern Manitoba for Tuesday, saying an additional 20 to 30 mm of rain is still expected in these regions.
- With files from CTV’s Tim Salzen.
CTVNews.ca Top Stories
BREAKING Donald Trump picks former U.S. congressman Pete Hoekstra as ambassador to Canada
U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has nominated former diplomat and U.S. congressman Pete Hoekstra to be the American ambassador to Canada.
Genetic evidence backs up COVID-19 origin theory that pandemic started in seafood market
A group of researchers say they have more evidence to suggest the COVID-19 pandemic started in a Chinese seafood market where it spread from infected animals to humans. The evidence is laid out in a recent study published in Cell, a scientific journal, nearly five years after the first known COVID-19 outbreak.
This is how much money you need to make to buy a house in Canada's largest cities
The average salary needed to buy a home keeps inching down in cities across Canada, according to the latest data.
'My two daughters were sleeping': London Ont. family in shock after their home riddled with gunfire
A London father and son they’re shocked and confused after their home was riddled with bullets while young children were sleeping inside.
Smuggler arrested with 300 tarantulas strapped to his body
Police in Peru have arrested a man caught trying to leave the country with 320 tarantulas, 110 centipedes and nine bullet ants strapped to his body.
Boissonnault out of cabinet to 'focus on clearing the allegations,' Trudeau announces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced embattled minister Randy Boissonnault is out of cabinet.
Baby dies after being reported missing in midtown Toronto: police
A four-month-old baby is dead after what Toronto police are calling a “suspicious incident” at a Toronto Community Housing building in the city’s midtown area on Wednesday afternoon.
Sask. woman who refused to provide breath sample did not break the law, court finds
A Saskatchewan woman who refused to provide a breath sample after being stopped by police in Regina did not break the law – as the officer's request was deemed not lawful given the circumstances.
Parole board reverses decision and will allow families of Paul Bernardo's victims to attend upcoming parole hearing in person
The families of the victims of Paul Bernardo will be allowed to attend the serial killer’s upcoming parole hearing in person, the Parole Board of Canada (PBC) says.