Canada Flooding: Saskatchewan, Manitoba Deluge Forces Evacuations, Flight Cancellations | The Weather Channel
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Here's the latest on serious flooding occurring in two Canadian provinces.

By

Sean Breslin

July 1, 2014


Flooding is seen in front of Mosaic Stadium before the game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Saskatchewan Roughriders during week one of the 2014 CFL season at Mosaic Stadium on June 29, 2014 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Much like several states to the south, two provinces in central Canada have dealt with extreme flooding in the past week.

Saskatchewan and Manitoba have been hit hardest by rainfall so heavy that states of emergency have been declared in both provinces, according to the Canadian Press. The report also mentions 500 people were forced to evacuate from their homes, as some parts of Saskatchewan received more than 9 inches of rain over the weekend.

Many flights in and out of Brandon, Manitoba when water covered roadways leading into the airport's terminal, the Canadian Press said.

"The southwest was already dealing with the impacts from flooding going back several weeks ago, and this is very much a combination of saturated ground conditions, very significant rainfall and record flows on streams and tributaries," Emergency Measures Minister Steve Ashton told the Toronto Sun. "The southwest has been particularly hard hit."

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Brandon, Manitoba has experienced its second-wettest month in 112 years, the Toronto Sun report added. The city's 9.4 inches of rainfall in June is second only to June 1902, when 10.1 inches of rain fell.

Though the floodwaters are receding in some parts of Saskatchewan, other areas in the province haven't been so lucky. Melville's hospital and care home had to be evacuated Tuesday morning, and the 157 patients were moved to a nearby hockey rink, according to the CBC.

"We've got water that's creeping in around our hospital, so we're taking no chances and a full scale evacuation is on," Melville Mayor Walter Streelasky told the CBC. "We've got a tremendous amount of volunteers sandbagging and doing all these things."

Images of the flood's effects on daily life are below.