Saskatchewan flooding: Highway to Île-à-la-Crosse reopens after culvert repair

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The Saskatchewan Health Authroity said in a statement that Île-à-la-Crosse Hospital remains open and accessible to local residents, and hospitals in La Loche and Meadow Lake would take any patients requiring care if needed.

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Emergency Medical Services are also available within Île-à-la-Crosse, and the airstrip remains operational to support emergency evacuations if required, the SHA said.

Other northern road closures due to spring melt flooding on Saturday morning included Highway 914 around 17 km north of Pinehouse, and Highway 165 in both directions at Smoothstone River Bridge.

Further south, Highway 320 is closed in both directions because of a washout just east of Domremy, all lanes are closed on Highway 789 near Highway 690 at Carrot River, and Highway 163 is also closed near Red Earth, with water over the road.

On Friday the Water Security Agency (WSA) said stream flows had peaked and are continuing to recede in some east central areas like the headwaters of the Assiniboine, Red Deer, Carrot River, and Saskatchewan River below the forks basins as well as northern parts of the Quills Lakes basins. 

The WSA has an online map of potential runoff and high water flow on its website.

But, WSA said, flows in tributaries to the North Saskatchewan River near Prince Albert are well above normal levels. Flows on the Sturgeon and Garden rivers are currently declining, it said, and further downstream in the Saskatchewan River Basin (Torch River and Whitefox River near Garrick) flows continue to be well above normal. 

Lanigan Creek, north of Last Mountain Lake in the Qu’Appelle River Basin, is currently seeing historical high levels but has begun to trend downward, WSA said. 

Flows are expected to stay higher than normal over the next several days. 

The Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency said it was helping 22 Saskatchewan communities with flooding on Saturday.

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