Rising water in the Swift Current Creek in April was part of a devestating spring and summer of flooding across the prairies
It's a story that just about everyone is still talking about, and many people are still feeling the effects.
The flooding across the prairies through the spring and summer topped Environment Canada's list of the top weather stories of 2011.
Senior Climatologist David Phillips compiled the list and says this year's flooding was even more significant than the summer of flash flooding in 2010: "Two years in a row where you've been dealing with flood fights... a situation, really, a good part of Saskatchewan and all of Manitoba was under water for so much of the late winter, spring, and early summer."
The flooding prevented many farmers in the prairies from seeding this year's crop, but the producers that managed to get the crop in were treated to almost perfect harvest conditions, which also made the top ten. Phillips says "we were under a dome of high pressure in the United States where 40 states and four provinces that had record warm temperatures, and then... you could not have ordered a better fall. Three solid months of the best ripening and drying weather you could imagine, and prices were good, quality was good, and production was pretty good, relatively speaking compared to what the obstacles were."
The Top 10 list is as follows:
Colin Powers talked with David Phillips about the Top Weather Stories of 2011 in Saskatchewan:
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