ESTEVAN - The city of Estevan has started digging out from the winter storm that struck the community Wednesday and Thursday.
Several inches of snow fell on the city starting Wednesday morning. The snow was whipped around by winds, creating drifts in some areas.
In an email to the Mercury, Jacquelyn Massey-Rounds, the manager of marketing and communications for the City of Estevan, said the focus for the rest of this week and into next week will be to ensure the clearing of priority areas 1 and 2, and then monitor for further snowfall.
She noted there was little or no frost in the ground prior to the snow due to the unseasonably warm temperatures in the southeast in recent weeks, which has lead to difficulties in hauling snow to dump sites.
As a result, she said the community may see windrows up for a longer period of time while the City of Estevan roads and drainage division waits for colder weather to firm up the ground.
