A major storm is coming our way.
A Rainfall Warning has been issued for Red Lake and Ear Falls, while a Special Weather Statement is in place in the Dryden and Sioux Lookout area.
Bill Laidlaw of Signal Weather Services says Red Lake will be the hardest hit.
Laidlaw says the area could see 75 to 100 millimetres of rain over a two day period.
Rainfall totals elsewhere are in the range of 30 to 50 millimetres.
He stresses “We’ve already had so much rain that all the rivers and creeks and ponds and lakes are all full of water, so I am not sure where it’s got any place to go.”
Laidlaw says if you are headed west into Manitoba over the next couple of days, you should encounter heavy wet snow or freezing rain.
He says the storm is the result of a low coming from the south, which is picking up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and is mixed with cold air coming from the Prairies.
Laidlaw warns residents of road washouts and localized flooding.
