The Peguis First Nation (PFN) had to evacuate more than 1,000 people from the 4,800 residents who live on the First Nation because of flooding..Hundreds more PFN members are expected to join the more than 1,000 living at Winnipeg hotels..Chief of PFN, Glenn Hudson, wants the military to come and help because, he said, he has never seen flooding this bad..“It’s worse than the 2011 flood, which was a huge event for us in terms of flooding, but I believe this is probably one of the worst on record,” Hudson told CBC news..The PFN is located about 160 km north of Winnipeg..Flooding across southern Manitoba is starting and threatening some private properties in Winnipeg..Clint Masse, A Maze in Corn attraction owner in St. Adolphe, told 680 CJOB his house is not yet underwater, but A Maze of Corn has up to 10-cm of water..“The washrooms, they’ve got six-inches of water in them. The pumpkin barn, where you buy pumpkins, the floor is about half-covered. The welcome centre has got about four inches of water in it,” said Masse..“This is about where we want it to stop. It’s taken a ton of energy to get everything empty and, quote-unquote, ready for the flood.”.Hwy. 75, the main highway between Manitoba and North Dakota, is closed as dikes are built around it..Hwy. 75 is not currently flooded. but the water only has a few feet left until it could flood, even with the recent raising of the highway. It is still in danger of flooding..The city of Winnipeg expects the Red River to peak sometime between May 11 and May 14, 2022..There are 27 private properties at risk of flooding with 17 of them building dikes around their homes that need to be finished by Friday when the water level will begin to peak..The city advised the 10 other homeowners to be ready to build a dike around their properties..The city said it needs about 29,000 sandbags to properly build the dikes to protect the city..The flooding extends into North Dakota where, in Grand Forks, the Red River sits at 45-feet with the flood stage at 28 feet. However, it's not the water level record, which is 54 feet..Chris Oldcorn is a Western Standard Reporter based in Regina.coldcorn@westernstandard.news.Twitter: @chrisoldcorn.Parler: @chrisoldcorn
