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CTV News
3 days ago
- Climate
- CTV News
Colleen Bready's forecast: Dry conditions continue throughout Manitoba
Colleen Bready has your current conditions and updated weather forecast for May 29, 2025. Hot, dry conditions persist in Manitoba on Thursday, offering no help to combat wildfires burning in several parts of the province. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) said these conditions sent mass amounts of smoke into northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan over the last few days, which is expected to continue for the rest of the week. Temperatures across most of Manitoba will climb into the upper 20s or low 30s on Thursday afternoon. ECCC has continued an air quality warning for parts of west-central, northwestern and southeastern Manitoba on Thursday. Relatively light winds will keep smoke lingering near the source regions of the fires. Meanwhile, a large portion of north and central Manitoba and northwestern Ontario, including Kenora, remains under a special air quality statement. ECCC said a cold front that moved through northern regions Wednesday night shifted winds and sent smoke to the southeast into central Manitoba. Most southern regions, including Winnipeg and Brandon, are not under either alert, but hazy conditions are possible Thursday afternoon and evening. There will be no relief from the heat on Friday, with the south forecast to reach highs around 30 C. Temperatures in the north will also heat up into the mid- to upper 20s. However, some much-needed precipitation is on the way to some northern communities near wildfires on Friday night, including Lynn Lake. These showers are not expected to reach other wildfire areas near Flin Flon, Cross Lake, or in the southeast. The next chance of showers in the south is on Monday.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Climate
- Yahoo
Lynn Lake wildfire evacuees arrive in Thompson
The northern Manitoba town of Lynn Lake has been evacuated due to wildfires burning nearby. About 400 residents have arrived in the city of Thompson, with no idea when they can return home.
CBC
4 days ago
- Climate
- CBC
Wildfire update coming from Manitoba premier, officials as evacuations continue
Manitoba's premier and other officials will provide a wildfire update on Wednesday as a evacuations were ordered Tuesday in the west and massive fires continue to burn out of control in the east. CBC News will livestream the 10:15 a.m. news conference here and on CBC Gem. A number of communities in north and northeastern Manitoba were evacuated while other parts of the province are on high alert in one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory. Sherridon and Lynn Lake were evacuated or in the process of evacuating this week while the city of Flin Flon has told its residents to brace for a possible evacuation. The communities of Cross Lake and Wabowden have both declared states of emergency and there were several emerging fires in areas such as Chemawawin Cree Nation and neighbouring Easterville, as well as in Wanless. Meanwhile, in the east, the Nopiming/Bird River fire continues to engulf 124,238 hectares and remains out of control, leaving the community of Bissett planning for a possible evacuation. And the fire near the Ontario border near Ingolf, Ont., is still out of control at approximately 31,300 hectares with about 4,000 hectares of that on the Manitoba side in Whiteshell Provincial Park.
CBC
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBC
Wildfires force evacuation of northern Manitoba communities
Crews in Manitoba continue to deal with out-of-control wildfires, two of which have forced evacuations in Lynn Lake and Sherridon.
CBC
5 days ago
- Climate
- CBC
Town of Lynn Lake being evacuated due to northern Manitoba wildfire
Social Sharing Residents of a northern Manitoba community have been ordered to leave town because of the "imminent threat" posed by a nearby wildfire. The Town of Lynn Lake said in a Facebook post Tuesday morning residents and visitors must evacuate the community effective immediately due to a rapidly advancing wildfire. The blaze, about five kilometres north of the town, was more than 7,000 hectares in size and was still out of control as of Monday, according to the provincial fire map. The town said in an update Monday that Manitoba Wildfire Service crews were pulled back from the fire line due to extreme conditions, including wind gusts of up to 55 km/h. Audie Dulewich, a volunteer firefighter, said he's been working to build fire breaks in Lynn Lake over the last few days. "We kind of got a fire that's wrapped around the community pretty good and burning for several weeks already. But the winds were kind of southeast winds, driving it away from the community. And tomorrow, those winds are due to change," Dulewich said Tuesday morning. "There's been plumes of smoke all around us for quite a while. Now, the sky is just filled with smoke, so you can't really see the big plumes anymore." Brandon Dulewich, Lynn Lake's mayor and Audie's son, said the wind was expected to push the fire toward Provincial Road 391. "Once that fire crosses the highway, it will no longer be an option to evacuate via the highway, so we want as many people out as we can now," he said. Lynn Lake, which is just over 800 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg, has a population of around 600, according to the 2021 census. The mayor said nearby Marcel Colomb First Nation, which he said has close to 300 residents, is organizing its own evacuation with help from the Canadian Red Cross. Lynn Lake's evacuation notice said buses are available for those without personal transportation, from West Lynn Heights School at 416 Sherritt Ave. A reception centre has been set up at the Thompson Regional Community Centre in Thompson, about 230 kilometres away. Residents are being told to take go bags, along with identification, medications, necessary supplies and provisions for their pets. Anthony McInnis, Thompson's city manager, said the city expects between 500 and 600 evacuees to stay in Thompson, but is ready to receive up to 883 people from Lynn Lake and Marcel Colomb. Officials are also working with Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation to set up a shelter to possibly take in 200 evacuees, he said. "We were pre-planning because of the fires down in Cross Lake Saturday or Sunday," McInnis said. "We were expecting them to evacuate here. Those conditions changed and then we found out about Lynn Lake, so our focus shifted at that time." Brandon Dulewich said he expects 90 per cent of Lynn Lake's residents to be evacuated by Tuesday evening. 'Preparing for the worst' The Manitoba government wildfire map shows 17 active wildfires in the province. About 190 kilometres south of Lynn Lake, an out-of-control wildfire prompted an evacuation order in the community of Sherridon Monday. Sheryl Matheson, president of the Northern Association of Community Councils and deputy mayor of Sherridon, said winds are set to push smoke toward the community Wednesday. "We have no air support or ground support at this time. My understanding is just that it's just not available for us," she said. "All we're doing right now is value protection in our community." The wildfire near Sherridon was more than 8,000 hectares in size as of Monday, according to the province's fire map. Matheson said 12 Sherridon residents have stayed back to help protect it from the flames. "We are a very small northern community," with a population of just over 80, she said. Last year, a fire forced a shelter in place order, "where we couldn't get out of the community," she said. "This year, we're surrounded by it and we're going to lose road access at some point over the next 24 hours. It's devastating." Debi Hatch, who, along with her husband, brother and sister-in-law, is a member of the volunteer fire department in Sherridon, said resources are stretched thin. "We're just preparing for the worst, right?" she said. "The sprinkler systems, the fire truck is active. Wildfire services are doing what they can, I'm sure, with the stretched resources they have. And we're seeing more and more of these big, huge fires."
