{"id":761333,"date":"2026-06-26T00:24:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761333\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T00:24:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T00:24:17","slug":"wsa-issues-high-flow-advisory-warns-north-saskatchewan-river-will-intensify-in-coming-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/761333\/","title":{"rendered":"WSA issues High Flow Advisory, warns North Saskatchewan River will intensify in coming days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ba520139-2c84-4a02-8b96-abd575a69748-scaled.jpg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Water Security Agency warns that the North Saskatchewan River will rise near Prince Albert by nearly six feet, while also flowing at a much faster rate. The conditions are expected to peak by Saturday. Here, river conditions remain calm ahead of the incoming high flow on June 25, 2026. (Image Credit: Logan Lehmann\/paNOW Staff)<\/p>\n<p>By Logan Lehmann<\/p>\n<p>Heavy Rainfall<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tJun 25, 2026 | 12:16 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Water Security Agency (WSA) is warning that North Saskatchewan River levels and its flow rate near Prince Albert are expected to increase drastically within the next couple of days.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A news release issued by the City of Prince Albert and Prince Albert Fire Chief Kris Olsen said the WSA implemented a High Flow Advisory for the North Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan River systems on Thursday due to significant rainfall in Alberta over the last week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That will cause the river to rise near Prince Albert by nearly two metres by June 27.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlows are anticipated to increase from roughly 450 cubic metres per second (m\u00b3\/s) to 1,500 m\u00b3\/s. Flows may remain elevated for an extended period due to forecasted precipitation across the basin,\u201d read the release.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Water Security Agency warns that the North Saskatchewan River will rise near Prince Albert by nearly six&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":761334,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-761333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=761333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/761333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/761334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=761333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=761333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=761333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}