Flooding could force more than 100 from homes in Northern Manitoba

More than 100 people are expected to be forced from their homes in Northern Manitoba due to rising floodwaters.

• Flood warning in effect for area around The Pas, Man.

The residents are from theOpaskwayak Cree Nation and are being forced from their homes due to ice jamming on the Saskatchewan River.

Connie Wyatt-Anderson lives in the Carrot Valley region of Manitoba,about two kilometres westof where the evacuations are taking place. She said roads have been blocked off in the area.

"The water is tremendously high," Wyatt-Anderson said Saturday night when reached by phone.

The Canadian Red Cross is taking care of evacuees.

A Red Cross spokesperson said the evacuees wouldbe taken to The Pas, Man. to stay in hotels.

OpaskwayakCree Nation is the latest Manitoba First Nation to be hit by floodwaters. The Red Cross is alreadyproviding services to evacuees from the following Indigenous communities:

• Peguis First Nation.
• Long Plain First Nation.
• Sioux Valley Dakota Nation.
• Canupawapka Dakota First Nation.
• Waywayseecappo First Nation.

Opaskwayak Cree Nation is located about 520kilometres northwest of Winnipeg.