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Environment Canada issues rainfall warning for southwest Sask.
Heavy rainfall is expected to begin early Monday afternoon around Shaunavon, Maple Creek and Cypress Hills. According to Environment Canada, the rainfall warning means between 25 and 75 millimetres, o...
May 06, 2024 The Environment Canada statement reads "A trough of low pressure developing over extreme southwest Saskatchewan into Alberta will bring significant precipitation to the area over the next couple of days." (980 CJME File Photo)
Flash storm hits P.A., surrounding areas
People in Prince Albert had to hunker indoors to escape a storm that battered the city Sunday afternoon. At around 3:17 p.m. , Environment Canada issued a Severe thunderstorm warning for the area. Not...
Jun 26, 2023
Mayor says plans in the works to fix flood-prone underpasses
In a usual year, the underpasses near downtown Regina might flood once or twice, but this year they've flooded at least three times in the last two weeks alone. The City of Regina has plans to fix thi...
Jun 09, 2023 The Albert Street underpass after a downpour in 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
City of Regina still investigating calls related to storm
For the second time this week, Regina had to deal with underwater underpasses, damp drivers and saturated streets around the city. Kurtis Doney, the city's acting executive director of citizen service...
Jun 02, 2023 (Nicholas Iatropoulos/980 CJME)
'Uh oh, this isn't good:' Regina residents dealing with flooded basements, roads
Randy Reiss literally got a rude awakening Friday. Reiss recently moved into a house on the 600 block of Robinson Street in Regina's North Central neighbourhood. When he woke up early Friday morning, ...
Jun 02, 2023 A vehicle makes its way through a flooded street on Third Avenue North near Broad Street on June 2, 2023. (Nicholas Iatropoulos/980 CJME file photo)
Heavy downpour pummels Regina again
For the second time in less than a week, Regina is drying out after a torrential downpour. Environment Canada said a band of thunderstorms hit a broad area of the province Thursday afternoon, producin...
Jun 02, 2023 Heavy downpour causing flooding on Regina streets. (Nicholas Iatropoulos/980 CJME)
City of Regina says system performed well despite flooding in weekend storm
It only really rained for a short time Saturday night, but parts of the city were still waterlogged for hours afterward. Many streets were flooded, the underpasses north of downtown flooded and at lea...
May 30, 2023 The Albert Street underpass flooded during a recent thunderstorm. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Cleanup continues after Regina thunderstorm
Calls have been flooding into SGI Canada since a thunderstorm rolled into the Regina area Saturday. Jeremy Pilon, a communications consultant with SGI, said that on the auto side, there have been 28 c...
May 29, 2023 Vehicles were stuck when the Winnipeg Street underpass flooded during the storm on May 27, 2023. (Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan/Twitter)
Runoff in Qu’Appelle River system higher than expected: Water Security Agency
While flooding has not been a major issue for most of Saskatchewan this spring, the Water Security Agency is warning that runoff from the late-April snowstorm is greater than first predicted in the Qu...
May 03, 2023
Flooding risk tapering off in Swift Current: Water Security Agency
Flooding from the Swift Current Creek last week left the area under a local state of emergency that remains in place, but the risk of flooding in the area has tapered off. That's according to Saskatch...
Apr 18, 2023
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