<p>SASKATOON – The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority is warning that floodwaters have yet to peak in eastern parts of the province.</p> <p>John Fahlman, the authority’s director of basin operations and groundwater management, says levels at Round Lake, Echo Lake and Katepwa, east of Regina will rise yet again.</p> <p>He says the water levels at Crooked Lake are starting to come down a bit now.</p> <p>As for Regina, the peak of water coming from Wascana Creek shouldn’t be any higher than it has already been.</p> <p>Duane Mckay, director of emergency response with the Ministry of Corrections, Public Safety and Policing, says a state of emergency was issued today for the Ochapowace First Nation, in the southeast, where some preliminary work is being done to prevent flooding to homes.</p> <p>There are still 13 communities in the province under a local state of emergency.</p> <p>McKay says the province is still buying sandbags to ensure they don’t run out. The province is moving supplies to the areas around Humboldt, Wynyard, Porcupine Plain, Kelvington and Lake Lenore where the snowpack is starting to melt.</p> <p>McKay notes the ministry is also keeping an eye on the flooding situation in the southwest, around Val Marie and communities along the Frenchman River, where the snowpack still has yet to melt.</p> <p>(CJWW)</p>
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