In and around Swift Current, the winds may be dying down and the blizzard warnings may be cancelled, but the cleanup is still continuing, and some are still dealing with the aftermath of the storm.

Many people, like Kayleen Spetz, found themselves stranded overnight as weather conditions worsened, eventually forcing the closure of multiple highways that are only now beginning to open back up.

She spoke with Magic 97's Colin Powers this morning about her and her family's ordeal.

"We left from Moose Jaw and we were going 10 km/h down the highway the whole time until we got to here following a semi and then the semi stopped so we stopped behind him as well.  Now we're in a van and the drifts on the driver's side are up to my door handle and my van won't move."

As previously mentioned, those highways around the Swift Current area are slowly returning to normal, while others remain closed or subject to "travel not recommended" advisories.

Spetz did come prepared, with an emergency winter roadside kit.  But fuel was her primary concern since, at the time of her phone call, her van was down to a quarter of a tank.

"Hopefully, people are staying off the highways as anyone who calls now will be deep down in the queue."

Swift Current Online reached out to CAA Saskatchewan regarding the number of reports arriving about drivers trapped on the highways.

Scott McIntyre, CAA's vice-president of Automotive Services (Including roadside assistance) responded in an email statement saying that calls were roughly double the norm last night and that there was no ETA for the Swift Current area.  He added that they were catching up with calls from last night and focusing on the highways first.

Photos below courtesy of Kayleen Spetz: