Winter storm closes Manitoba highways

Severalstretches of highwaysin southern Manitobaareclosed Tuesday morning due to a winter storm.

Highway 1 is closed from Winnipeg westto the Saskatchewan borderdue to poor road conditions.

Other closures include:

• Highway 3from Oak Bluffsouthwest to Carman and Morden.
• Highway 3from Cartwright south to Deloraine.
• Highway 13 from Oakville south to Carman.
• Highway 2 from Winnipeg west to Elm Creek.
• Highway 2 from Highway 18 west to Souris.
• Highway 14from Highway 75 west to Morden.
• I-29 in North Dakota closed both ways from Fargo to Canada.
• Highway 21 from Griswold south to the U.S. border.
• Highway 10 south from Brandon to the U.S. border.
• Highway 5 south from Carberry to the U.S. border.
• Highway 23 west from Highway 5 to Highway 10.

Eastbound Highway 101 at Highway 7 was closed atBrooksideBoulevard but has since reopened.

'The craziest day'

AaronJimenez, a deliverydriver forLoomisExpress, said the whiteoutconditions were the worst he's seen in the 10 years since moving to Winnipeg from the Philippines.

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"This is the craziest day I've been driving,"he said, adding highway officials told him a Highway 1 closure in Headingleylikely wouldn't be lifteduntil later in the afternoon.

"I have to deliver stuff [to Elie, Oakville and Portage la Prairie], and now I'm late Hopefully it will open soon."

Road conditions and traffic information are available on CBC Manitoba's Storm Centre page.

• Manitoba Storm Centre: School closures, highway info, weather alerts