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Stormy weather continues to affect Saskatchewan crops
Some Livestock producers in the province are seeing very low hay yields and will be in short supply this year, according to this week’s crop report from Saskatchewan Agriculture. The hay quality...
Jul 25, 2019
Phones ringing non-stop for restoration companies after storm
It's going to be a busy few weeks for disaster restoration companies in Regina after Tuesday night's storm. Parts of the city got between 40 and 60 millimetres of rain in about an hour, most of it fal...
Jul 18, 2019 Alicia Schulz says a lightning bolt hit a tree outside her home on July 16, 2019. (Alicia Schulz/Submitted)
Heavy rainfall floods Regina streets, submerges cars
Regina was hit hard with rain Tuesday night, getting almost 35 millimetres of it in an hour's time. It caused floods throughout the city. "Thirty-two millimetres fell in less than an hour. That just o...
Jul 17, 2019 The Albert Street underpass after a downpour in 2019. (Britton Gray/980 CJME file photo)
Barry’s flood threat lingers as storm slowly sweeps inland
NEW ORLEANS - Tropical Depression Barry dumped rain as it slowly swept inland through Gulf Coast states Sunday, sparing New Orleans from a direct hit but stoking fears elsewhere of flooding, tornadoes...
Jul 14, 2019
Heavy rain and flooding hits Swift Current for a second day
For the second afternoon in a row, Swift Current got hit with a big downpour on Wednesday, but it didn't appear to be as bad as the day before. "Another day of biblical rain in Swift Current," Ryan Sw...
Jun 19, 2019 A still from a video posted to Twitter (Ryan Switzer @ryan_switzer)
Cleanup underway in Swift Current after heavy rain, flooding
As Swift Current tries to clean up and dry out from heavy rains and flash flooding on Tuesday evening, SGI says it's starting to process some of the insurance claims being filed by residents and busin...
Jun 19, 2019 Heavy rain in Swift Current on June 18, 2019 caused flash flooding. (Yvonne Haubrick, Swift Current Soccer Association/Twitter)
Heavy rain causes flash flooding in Swift Current
After months of dry conditions, Swift Current was hit with heavy rain Tuesday afternoon. "The skies just opened up, and it just, it came down fast and it came down heavy and it was raining for well ov...
Jun 18, 2019 Heavy rain on June 18, 2019 caused flash flooding in Swift Current. (Everett Hindley)
Authorities annoyed by disaster selfie-seekers in flooded Montreal areas
Montreal first responders are warning against so-called disaster tourism after noting a spike in selfie-seekers in neighbourhoods threatened by swollen rivers. An operations chief with the Montreal fi...
Apr 30, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Flood victims say more homes would be lost if not for volunteers, military
OTTAWA - Many more homes would have been lost to this year's devastating spring flooding in Eastern Canada over the weekend were it not for the back-breaking efforts of volunteers and the military, fl...
Apr 29, 2019 Canadian Forces members stand on a mountain of sand as they make sandbags to protect homes on Voisine Road in Clarence-Rockland, east of Ottawa, as flooding continues to affect the region on Sunday, April 28, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
No respite from flood threat for thousands in Que., Ont., and N.B.
MONTREAL - Thousands of people across Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick are facing several more days of flooding that has already been life-changing for many. The most dire situation is in Ste-Marthe...
Apr 29, 2019 Residents paddle through flooded streets after a dike broke causing widespread flooding and forcing thousands of people to evacuate Sunday, April 28, 2019 in Ste.Marthe-sur-la-Lac, Que.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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