More than a hundred calls for flooding help in Regina since weekend: City

The City of Regina has received 127 calls for service to help clear clogged storm drains after Saturday’s downpour.

Environment Canada said 80 millimetres fell on the city between Saturday and Sunday. The bulk of the wet weather came during a fierce downpour that flooded streets and homes on Saturday afternoon.

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Adam Bryant, the manager of sewer and drainage operations, said no city infrastructure was damaged in the heavy rain.

“The northwest was hit the hardest by the storm, or impacted the most by the storm, and that was where a majority of the calls were coming from,” he said.

Heavy rains led to a number of flooded streets in Regina on June 27, 2026. (980 CJME)

Two underpasses were flooded during the rainfall, including one at Albert Street and Saskatchewan Drive and one at Argyle Street and Ring Road.

The flooding alert system on the Albert Street underpass activated as it was supposed to, Bryant said, even though a car was seen bobbing in the water during the storm.

“We added some barricades after the system had kicked in to prevent further vehicles,” he said. “Then we’ll be doing a bit of a debrief to see if we need to make any other changes to our procedure on that for future events.”

Calls ringing off the hook for a disaster restoration company

Mike Payne, sales and marketing manager with Restorex Disaster Restoration, said his crew has been racing to deal with the urgent situations first.

“The phone calls have been coming in non-stop,” Payne said. “We’re just trying to deal with some of the emergencies that we can get to first, extract as much water as possible and start the drying process.”

Payne said the company has responded to everything from flooded basements to roof drains that caused damage to commercial properties.

He added the company has been working as quickly as they can, and that because of the number of calls, his crew are working through a backlog.

Knee deep water didn’t deter some shoppers at Sobeys Rochdale in Regina after the downpour on June 27, 2026. (Glenn Vorrieter/Submitted)

“Our resources are stretched, so we are kind of taking them on an on-call basis and trying to deal with the emergencies as they come in as best as we can,” Payne explained.

For homeowners dealing with water damage, Payne said people should start to cleanup if they can and take lots of pictures.

“Make sure the situation is safe. Once you kind of acknowledge that, then you can start dealing with some of your contents, those near and dear things,” he advised. “You want to try to salvage as much of that as possible.”

He added people should also contact their insurance provider as soon as they can.

As his company continues to help people, one call at a time, Payne said many homeowners are feeling frustrated after weeks of severe weather including damaging hailstorms followed by torrential rain.

Flooding at Holy Rosary Cathedral in Regina on June 27, 2026. (Gillian Massie/980 CJME)

“People are upset (because) it’s summertime; they want to be able to spend their time out in their yards, and they can’t. They have to rebuild their basements, or their roofs (and) It’s been one kind of event after another,” he said.

Payne is asking residents for patience as his company works through the high volume of calls. Looking ahead, he believes severe weather events like this could become more common.

“I think the storms are going to get harder and bring more rain with them, and we’re just going to see more situations like this in the future,” Payne said.

–With files from 980 CJME’s Joshua Potter.