REGINA — Emergency management officials in Saskatchewan say things are improving following widespread, heavy rain that brought flooding to several parts of the province.
Emergency management commissioner Duane McKay says rain is beginning to taper off and water is starting to move out of flooded communities.
The five that are under states of emergency are the city of Estevan, the towns of Carrot River and Arborfield, the Rural Municipality of Arborfield and the Shoal Lake First Nation.
About 400 people in the town of Arborfield were ordered to leave their homes on Tuesday after a road gave way, sending water rushing toward the community.
The Saskatchewan Water Security Agency says some areas received more than 100 millimetres of rain over two days and the moisture didn't have anywhere to go because the ground was already saturated.
Rainfall warnings that were in place from the southwest corner of Saskatchewan through to the northeast have ended.
