By Natalie Geddes

Weyburn flood victims deal with leaving their homes

Jun 21, 2011 | 8:16 AM

Two days after heavy rains forced flood waters into Weyburn, victims continued to seek help at the evacuation centre on Monday.

Jen Davidson says her home had seven feet of water in the basement by earlier Saturday. It was a place in the city’s northeast end that she rented for herself and her two young daughters. Her landlord helped the single mother with two nights in a hotel then told her she was on her own.

“So much of our things were destroyed,” Davidson said. “We’re now living out of a suitcase.”

Stanley Gorniak has been sleeping on a cot in the Crescent Point Place arena since Saturday. He was one of the many people evacuated from the Navo Trailer Park. The flooding hit in the middle of the night and it was a roommate that noticed water spilling into the bedrooms.

In the course of a couple of hours their trailer was surrounded by a few feet of rushing water and it wasn’t until rescue crew arrived with boats that they were saved.

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“I packed some stuff into a bag but then I figured with all the people in the boat that it would be too much of a hindrance,” said Gorniak adding he’s hoping to get back home to see what can be saved.

Staying at the evacuation centre he's hoping to get back home to see what can be saved.

As of Monday there were more than 500 people registered with the Red Cross in Weyburn and Estevan. Of those nearly 60 were forced to seek refuge in the shelters.

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