Residents in southeastern Saskatchewan are being advised to keep an eye on the sky Monday evening as another round of severe weather is in the forecast, following a weekend that brought intense lightning and heavy downpours to the region.

The stormy weather kicked off Friday with what many locals described as a continuous roll of thunder. According to Christy Climenhaga, a scientist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, the system was electrically charged.

"We track the number of flashes either intercloud, so cloud to cloud, or cloud to ground, and just looking at the numbers from Friday, you saw over 35,000 flashes, which is more than any single day you saw in July and June," Climenhaga said.

The slow-moving thunderstorms also brought significant rainfall, though totals varied wi

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