Province sets up claims centres as flooded communities clean up
The worst seems to be behind us when it comes to flooding and now the hardest hit areas in Saskatchewan have started the long process of recovery.
Individual areas are improving in their own ways. Estevan ended its state of emergency on Wednesday. The province said the roads will be opening soon in the Shoal Lake Cree Nation area, and the septic systems have caught back up to the water flows in Carrot Lake.
Arborfield was one of the hardest hit areas, but it’s getting back on its feet as well. As of 9 a.m. on Thursday morning the evacuation order had been lifted for the town, and by the end of the day all 36 residents who had to the leave the long-term care facility in the town were expected to be moved back.
Floating pumps were being used in Estevan, and all-terrain trucks and sand-bagging equipment were being used in Arborfield. Now provincial crews are focusing on cleaning up as the water recedes.