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City crews install sandbags along Rotary Park in Regina. By Saturday 13 communities in the province had declared emergencies because of rising floodwaters.
City crews install sandbags along Rotary Park in Regina. By Saturday 13 communities in the province had declared emergencies because of rising floodwaters.
The James Smith First Nation, the Cowessess First Nation and the regional municipality of Fish Creek bring the total number of communities that have declared emergencies to 13.
"We're still seeing in the rural areas significant impact to infrastructure such as roads either overtopping or having to be cut, so most of the rural municipalities are still facing some challenges," Duane McKay, Saskatchewan's commissioner of emergency management, said Saturday.
Highway 3, just west of Spiritwood, was closed Saturday because of flooding.
Meanwhile, the Water Security Agency said sandbagging and other efforts to keep the water out of the town of Radisson, northwest of Saskatoon, were holding.
The agency said the good news is that water levels appear to be going down a little around Radisson.
"With the snow cover there being decreased and it seems it's calming a little bit and we're hoping that we've seen the worst of that situation," said agency spokesman Patrick Boyle.
"The town has done a lot of mitigation work to facilitate the flow of water away from the community in Radisson."
