Manitoba government urges residents to prepare for major spring blizzard
The province's Transportation and Infrastructure minister Doyle Piwniuk is issuing a word of caution to those with travel plans starting this evening and into the Easter weekend as a major spring blizzard remains poised to wallop southern and central Manitoba.
Highway closures are expected, visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow and surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become icy and slippery.
Piwniuk encourages Manitobans to stay home.
Flood officials tracking Colorado Low
Provincial officials are keeping an eye on where exactly this week's Colorado Low will track.
According to Environment and Climate Change Canada, the western Red River Valley could see 80-centimetres of snow with this system.
Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure minister, Doyle Piwniuk, says this amount of moisture at this point in the spring season is concerning.