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above-normal increase in precipitation

Flooding hits parts of southern Manitoba as region sees above-normal increase in precipitation

Flooding hits parts of southern Manitoba as region sees above-normal increase in precipitation

As southern Manitoba saw a deluge of rain this weekend that forced people in several communities from their homes due to flooding, the province said the region saw four to six times the normal amount of precipitation this spring. Southern and southeastern Manitoba, along with the portion of the Red River basin in the United States, have received 120 to 160 millimetres of snow and rain since April 1 — which is between 400 to 600 per cent of normal, the province said in a flood bulletin on Sunday evening. The same region received a basin-wide average of 40 to 50 millimetres of rainfall over the past 48 hours alone, according to the province.