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Aftermath of a record amount of rain on June 9, 2026, in Stonewall, Manitoba. (Eddie Huband, CityNews)<\/p>\nOne of the hardest-hit areas from Tuesday\u2019s storm outbreak was Stonewall, Manitoba. Residents all over the place have been busy all day pumping out flooded basements and crawl spaces after the town got a whopping 255 mm of rain overnight.<\/p>\n
That, according to the provincial website, is one of the worst overnight rainfalls ever in Manitoba\u2019s history.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s pretty bad; our whole basement is wiped out basically.\u00a0 We have significant water damage in the basement, and in the front yard as you can see, yeah, it\u2019s not good,\u201d said Chelsey McLean, a Stonewall resident.<\/p>\n
McLean\u2019s basement currently has water up to her knees.\u00a0Her sister\u2019s house two doors down didn\u2019t fare much better.<\/p>\n
\u201cHer basement is about eight feet tall, and she had water up less than a foot from the ceiling of the basement, and it was coming into the kitchen, so she came and stayed the night with us, but yeah, it\u2019s not good,\u201d said McLean.<\/p>\n
The McLean family isn\u2019t alone. Up and down residential streets, pumps could be seen everywhere you look, with many folks telling city news they\u2019ve already filed insurance claims.<\/p>\n
Aftermath of a record amount of rain on June 9, 2026, in Stonewall, Manitoba. (Eddie Huband, CityNews)<\/p>\n
\u201cMy parents have three sump pumps in their basement right now trying to get out all of the water, and it was up to the second step from the bottom floor on the stairs, and their basement is just wrecked,\u201d said Brittany Wozney, a Stonewall resident.<\/p>\n
Nolan Kroeker is a landscaper from nearby Teulon. He spent the day using his pumps to help out anyone he could.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s about 18 inches of water, like it was about half the ways up on the cupboards in the basement, so,\u201d said Kroeker.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll my job sites were flooded, and I heard how bad it was in town here, so I came up from Teulon with whatever pumps I had available.\u00a0Can\u2019t be working so I might as well help somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Stonewall Mayor Sandra Smith, with respect to municipal infrastructure, Wastewater lift stations are operational but running near capacity; there are no issues with the water treatment plant, so drinking water is safe as well.\u00a0 The main issue is, of course, the homes.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost people right now they know what they need to do, and it\u2019s neighbours helping neighbours, and we\u2019re just pulling together and just making sure that our residents are looked after and minimizing the damage as much as we can,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n
CityNews spoke to over a dozen other residents, many of whom say they have well over a foot of water in their basements. One woman we spoke to has a farm just south of town; she says all of her cows are currently standing in water, with no way to get them out.<\/p>\n
There\u2019s still plenty of work to be done to get the flooding under control.<\/p>\n
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