Severe weather system moving away from Sask.

After nearly a dozen communities were pounded by hail, Environment Canada said the province will get some relief for the rest of the week as the unstable weather system moves East.

“There’s still a risk that there might be some severe weather over the southeast corner of the province but it should be moving off,” meteorologist Terri Lang said. “Alberta and Saskatchewan have had their turn now it’s moving off to Manitoba.”

While thick dark clouds rolled into Saskatoon Wednesday afternoon, the Bridge City missed the brunt of the storm while about a dozen communities weren’t so lucky.

“Canora has quarter-sized hail, Francis had toonie-sized hail, Big River has golf-ball sized hail and Anglin Lake got hit bad with golf ball to baseball-sized hail and strong winds created a lot of damage to homes and trailers. Heavy rain also fell in the northern section of the province,” Lang said adding many more towns scattered across Saskatchewan reported hail damage.