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Estevan flooded while heavy rainfall warnings cover province

Jul 11, 2016 | 7:53 AM

The City of Estevan is under a state of emergency after heavy rain backed up storm sewers and basements.

At least 125 mm or almost 5” of rain fell in the southeast city on Sunday afternoon in about a two hour period. Most roads and basements flooded within minutes of the downpour and the forecast says it’s supposed to rain for the next three days straight.

Environment Canada meteorologist Jason Knight says the weather is not over yet.

“Very unsettled, unfortunately for them, there’s light showers this morning, but more thunderstorms moving through the area this afternoon and rain moving in tonight,” he said on Monday. “We could see some local accumulations, it’s hard to tell from the thunderstorms this afternoon, but certainly they’re looking at another 25 mm beginning tonight and into Wednesday morning.”

The weather system has also led to heavy rainfall warnings covering most of southern and central Saskatchewan.

“We’ve had several days of moisture wrapping into the prairies, so we have finally a strongly developed low pressure system moving into southern Saskatchewan today and just parking itself there, so quite a bit of the province is under warnings for about 100 mm of rain by Wednesday as well,” Knight explained.

There’s a chance of some thunderstorms on Monday afternoon, but he said they will transition into steady rain today.

Take a look at some of the videos and photos posted on social media showing the flooding in Estevan.

 

 

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