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Emergency declared in Western Canada flooding

09 May 2011 22:15

  • Evacuations in Brandon, Manitoba

  • Troops called in to help sandbag

WINNIPEG, Manitoba, May 9 (Reuters) - Manitoba declared a state of emergency on Monday as a rain-swollen Assiniboine River forced hundreds of residents of the Canadian Prairie province from their homes.

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