The number of Saskatchewan claims has reached nearly 5,000. This is up from about 3,200 two weeks ago. Claim numbers are above average for this date and well above the approximately 2,000 claims filed at this time last year. In 2008, a record year for claims, the total at this time was 10,500.

An area around Leader on the west side of the province was hit July 16. The east side of the province was hit on the evening of July 16 and in the early morning of July 17 in areas that included Raymore, Foam Lake, Melville, Churchbridge, Yorkton and Esterhazy.

On July 20, a storm was concentrated in the southeast corner of the province affecting Oungre, Torquay, Estevan and Gainsborough.

Claims are still coming in from a storm July 25 that hit areas on the east side of the province including Humboldt, LeRoy and Naicam as well as Nipawin, Gronlid, Weirdale and Arborfield.

The July 22 storm that flooded the city of North Battleford resulted in relatively few hail claims on crops.

Hail claims in Manitoba total fewer than 700. While this is up by about 300 claims as compared to two weeks ago, claim activity remains well below normal. Last year at this time, there were about 800 claims and in 2008 there were 1,600 claims by this time.

Claims have continued to arrive from the storm July 13 that went from south of Darlingford to south of Roland.

On July 26, there were three separate storms. One was south of Carman in a line from Rosebank to Roland. Another started west of Starbuck and travelled east to La Salle. A third hit just east of Winnipeg in the Tyndall, Oakbank and Dugald areas. A tornado also touched down just outside of Oakbank. Reports indicate golf ball to hardball size hail in some locations.

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