As Manitobans build sandbag walls and watch riverbanks vanish under ever-swelling water levels, ghosts of the 1997 flood of the century have returned exactly 25 years later.
Manitoba could face a moderate to major flood along the Red River if an approaching storm system, being eyed nervously by forecasters, leaves as big an impact as expected.
Officials with the Province of Manitoba will be providing a flood and winter storm update ahead of what Environment Canada is warning could be the worst blizzard in decades.