You can barely tell there’s a road. Cars make their way along Highway 2 near Bruno Saskatchewan

You can barely tell there’s a road. Cars make their way along Highway 2 near Bruno Saskatchewan
Photo Credit: CBC

Rains cause havoc in Saskatchewan

The weather continues to play rough across Canada this year.

After massive forest fires in Alberta made world headlines  this year, now comes a massive rain storm that swept across the neighbouring province of Saskatchewan in the past few days.

Some folks took to unusual transport to get around flooded areas in Estevan. There have been thousands of flooded basements, and large areas reported power outages, and several roads and higways were washed out
Some folks took to unusual transport to get around flooded areas in Estevan. There have been thousands of flooded basements, and large areas reported power outages, and several roads and highways were washed out © CBC

Although forest fires are a continuing and ongoing concern in several provinces,  the opposite is true in much of the central prairie province.

Several communities have declared states of emergency including the city of Estevan in the southeast of the province where as much as 130mm of rain fell in the space of under three hours.

July 10, Melville Saskatchewan. Ditches overflowed, roads washed out with the massive rains. Highways have been closed and 24 communities have declared states of emergency.
July 10, Melville Saskatchewan. Ditches overflowed, roads washed out with the massive rains. Highways have been closed and 24 communities have declared states of emergency. © Liam Richards, Canadian Press

Quoted by CBC news,  Estevan resident Tara Smart said, “The rain just kept coming and coming and coming and then it got to the point where it was coming down so hard and fast you couldn’t see across the street,” Smart said. “Then the hail. And usually hail goes away after a couple of minutes. This hail just kept on and on and on. And so it looked like snow all over the ground”.

With sudden massive downpours, the water so quickly overwhelmed sewers that even as cars tried to go through an underpass, they were caught and flooded.
With sudden massive downpours, the water so quickly overwhelmed sewers that even as cars tried to go through an underpass, they were caught and flooded. June 29 photo © Liam Richards, Canadian Press

Other areas received anywhere from 23 to 98mm of rain in a 32 hour period over the weekend.

The weather system has weakened and is now moving eastward through Manitoba.

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