A huge swath of the prairies was hit with up to seven inches or more of rain between Friday and Sunday night, with more precipitation in the forecast.
16 Saskatchewan communities have declared a state of emergency and several highways and roads are closed in the east and southeast of the province. Manitoba is also incredibly wet, with 24 municipalities declaring states of emergency as well. Manitoba will continue to be under flooding threats as all the water that fell in Saskatchewan moves east.
Millions of acres of crop land are under water — just how many acres of production will be totally lost is unclear at this point, as the forecast will decide just how long these saturated conditions last.
From everyone here at Real Agriculture, please stay safe out there, and here’s to sunshine and drying winds.
Tweets from this weekend’s flooding:
Stop sign on #1 near wolseley. @CJMENews #stillraining pic.twitter.com/vBSONjX4yU
— Cory Bali (@cbali71) June 30, 2014
6″ of rain in SESask. Hwys and roads washed out, crops and basements flooded. Coming your way MB. #westcdnag #besafe pic.twitter.com/0DhC38gtJn
— Andrea De Roo (@AgKnowledge06) June 29, 2014
@GrainFarmProbs even if we still had a crop, we don’t have a road to haul it to market on anymore anyways #flood14 pic.twitter.com/B3frdNkux0
— Logan Pizzey (@Oh_Deere_Me) June 29, 2014
@5thWave_tcronin @LeftFieldCR not so localized, heavy rains over large area, over 10 million acres affected.
— Cory Bali (@cbali71) June 30, 2014
My canola field today! #westcdnag #plant14 #rain14 pic.twitter.com/nt9wD8Mvz3
— Randall Betcher (@flyingfarmer172) June 30, 2014
Waters continue to rise in Virden. Mainline motors moving vehicles #mbstorm #flooding pic.twitter.com/JjaFKA0IgN
— Diane Hayward (@OnComDiane) June 30, 2014
