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A low-pressure system brings significant rainfall to parts of southern Saskatchewan on Sunday and Monday, with some communities recording more than 70 millimetres of rain. Environment Canada released a 36-hour rainfall summary Tuesday morning, covering the period ending at 10 a.m. CDT. The highest reported rainfall totals include: Lucky Lake: 79.4 millimetres Elbow: 73.3 millimetres Yellow Grass: 73.2 millimetres Nipawin: 68.9 millimetres Melfort: 64.1 millimetres Rockglen: 5

Severe thunderstorms moved through southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba on Sunday, bringing torrential rainfall, strong winds and damaging hail to parts of both provinces. Environment Canada reported rainfall totals exceeding 50 millimetres in several Saskatchewan locations, including 56.5 millimetres at Last Mountain and 55.8 millimetres at HZNMR. Other notable rainfall totals included 31.2 millimetres at Val Marie Southeast, 31.5 millimetres at Broadview, 26 millimetres at Re

A slow-moving low-pressure system tracking south of Nova Scotia is bringing heavy rainfall to parts of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, with some areas receiving more than 200 millimetres of rain. Environment Canada’s latest weather summaries, issued Sunday, show the heaviest rainfall has been recorded in Cape Breton and eastern Nova Scotia, while significant amounts have also been reported across P.E.I. In Nova Scotia, official weather stations recorded 211.5 millimetre

Hurricane Lowell is turning north toward Hawaii as a powerful Category 3 hurricane, with tropical storm conditions expected to reach Kauai and Niihau by Monday afternoon or evening. The National Weather Service said Sunday that Lowell had maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h, with higher gusts. The hurricane was located about 880 kilometres south-southwest of Lihue and was moving north at about 9 km/h. A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for Kauai County, including Kauai and

A State of Local Emergency has been declared in parts of Cape Breton as heavy rainfall causes significant flooding, road washouts and transportation disruptions. The emergency declaration covers affected areas of Inverness, Victoria and Richmond counties, as well as the Town of Port Hawkesbury. Residents are being urged to avoid all non-essential travel while emergency crews assess damage and respond to incidents. Widespread flooding has resulted in road closures, evacuations

An area of low pressure will make for a very wet weekend over Atlantic Canada. Very heavy rainfall is occurring over Cape Breton, with total rainfall amounts of 100 to 200 mm expected from now until Monday morning. Heavy rain is also occurring across eastern Nova Scotia. For those areas, 100 to 150 mm is expected by Monday morning. Rainfall amounts of up to 150 mm could fall across Prince Edward Island by Monday morning. Southeastern New Brunswick is looking at total rainfall