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Several businesses along Government Road are threatened by high water levels from the Souris River, after heavy rains caused a state of emergency in Weyburn on Friday.

The following is the press release issued by the City of Estevan at 11 a.m. this morning: The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority has advised that the combined water release from Boundary Dam and Rafferty Dam will rise to 720 cubic meters per second.

According to Bienfait town administrator Laurel Gilroy, the RM of Coalfields, and the Village of Roche Percee have asked the Town of Bienfait to use the Bienfait Memorial Rink as an evacuee host site.

The following is the press release issued by the Estevan Emergency Measures Committee. It was issued at 11 p.m.

Volunteers work at trying to remove sewage which backed up into the basement of the Family Place on Friday and Saturday, a result of a huge rainstorm which dumped over four inches of rain on the city and area.

The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority has advised that the combined water release from Boundary Dam and Rafferty Dam will continue to stay at 630 cubic meters per second.

The Estevan Emergency Measures Office has issued an update regarding the local flood situation: The Estevan Emergency Measures Committee has continued to monitor the water flow from the Rafferty Dam and Boundary Dam.

The following is the latest advisory from the Sask.

Boil water advisory has been issued

Update from City of Estevan Emergency Measures Office: The City of Estevan has been advised by the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority to prepare for further potential flooding because increased releases of water from Rafferty Dam and the Boundary Dam b