Intense southern Manitoba rainstorm causes flooding, power outages

Vehicles drive through flooded Highway 7 just outside Stonewall, Man., on Wednesday, June 10, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods

WINNIPEG - Intense overnight rain in southern Manitoba has created flash flooding and left thousands without power.

The Municipality of Boissevain-Morton in the southwest of the province declared a state of local emergency because of the impacts of flooding on its 2,300 residents. 

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