WEYBURN, Sask. – An official with Saskatchewan’s watershed authority says a rainstorm that’s forced the evacuation of a mobile home park is the closest thing you can get to a flash flood on the Prairies.
John Fahlman says the only thing that stopped the water from moving any faster is that the land is so flat.
Up to 75 millimetres of rain that fell on the province’s southeast over the past day has caused significant swelling of the Souris River.
Firefighters needed a boat to rescue dozens of people from a mobile home park on the outskirts of Weyburn early this morning.
The city’s sewage lift station has also overflowed and municipal officials are advising residents to boil their water, just to be on the safe side.
The province says it has to release water from several dams because the levels in their reservoirs at near maximum allowable levels, and the extra flow downstream is expected to cause flooding.
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