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The rain that began last night has resulted in significant flooding over central and southern Alberta. #yycflood #abflood
The City of Calgary is conducting the largest evacuation in its history, which we're told could affect up to 100,000 people. At the time of this writing, twenty five communities which border the Bow River and Elbow River are undergoing partial or total evacuations.
These photos were taken this evening at around 9:00 pm at Policeman’s Flats. The Bow River flow rate in Calgary at 9:00 pm was 1,255 m3/s. By comparison, the flow rate of the Bow River at Calgary during the flood of 2005 peaked at just over 800 m3/s.
Policeman's Flats is a Bow River boat launch about 8 kms downstream from Calgary.
Anyone wanting to follow this story can do so at the following links: http://www.calgarycitynews.com/
http://newsroom.calgary.ca/pr/calgary/default.aspx
http://www.emergencyalert.alberta.ca/
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