Water levels are expected to reach their maximum around noon today in floods in Alberta, Canada, which have left 12 communities under a state of emergency.
As many as 100,000 people may be forced to evacuate their homes in western Canadian province of Alberta today (June 21, 2013), due to heavy flooding. The Weather Channel is reporting that 12 communities in Alberta are now under states of emergency, including areas south of the just south of Calgary, a city of more than a million people. The floods are due to torrential rains throughout southern Alberta on Thursday, June 20. According to the Weather Channel, the floods have:
Rescuers evacuate people trapped in flood waters in High River, Canada on Thursday June 20, 2013.
Waiting at a recreation center in Nanton, Alberta after being evacuated from High River, Alberta on June 20, 2013.
It’s also being reported that mudslides have forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway, and that the mountain resort towns of Banff and Canmore are now isolated. Officials said the evacuation would take place in stages over the next few days.
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