High flood waters have spilled over and closed a major highway south of the Canada-U.S. border, just days after the Manitoba government announced a high-water warning for the south of the province. The I-29, which runs from the border south through North Dakota, was closed Thursday night due to flooding, according to the North Dakota Department of Transportation. A nearly 40-kilometre stretch, from Manvel — just north of Grand Forks — to Grafton, N.D., is affected by the closure, along with other roads that feed off the I-29. Ice jams that formed on the Red River south of Selkirk caused some flooding Wednesday. The Manitoba government activated the Red River Floodway Thursday night after issuing a high-water warning for the Red River, from Emerson to the floodway inlet south of Winnipeg.

Source: CBC News April 10, 2020 17:48 UTC