Stonewall residents deal with the aftermath of 255 mm of rainfall
Posted June 10, 2026 5:00 pm.
Last Updated June 10, 2026 8:12 pm.
One of the hardest-hit areas from Tuesday’s 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.
That, according to the provincial website, is one of the worst overnight rainfalls ever in Manitoba’s history.
“It’s pretty bad; our whole basement is wiped out basically. We have significant water damage in the basement, and in the front yard as you can see, yeah, it’s not good,” said Chelsey McLean, a Stonewall resident.
McLean’s basement currently has water up to her knees. Her sister’s house two doors down didn’t fare much better.
“Her 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’s not good,” said McLean.
The McLean family isn’t alone. Up and down residential streets, pumps could be seen everywhere you look, with many folks telling city news they’ve already filed insurance claims.
“My 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,” said Brittany Wozney, a Stonewall resident.
Nolan Kroeker is a landscaper from nearby Teulon. He spent the day using his pumps to help out anyone he could.
“There’s about 18 inches of water, like it was about half the ways up on the cupboards in the basement, so,” said Kroeker.
“All 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. Can’t be working so I might as well help somebody.”
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. The main issue is, of course, the homes.
“Most people right now they know what they need to do, and it’s neighbours helping neighbours, and we’re just pulling together and just making sure that our residents are looked after and minimizing the damage as much as we can,” said Smith.
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.
There’s still plenty of work to be done to get the flooding under control.
