As temperature rise across Alberta, so are massive pools of water, sending crews and homeowners scrambling to keep localized flooding at bay and water away from basements.
Road crews in Edmonton, Calgary and beyond are working around the clock to keep pooling water under control and drainage crews are responding to calls about blocked sewers and overflowing catch basins.
Derek Melmoth, director of drainage operations for the City of Edmonton, told the Edmonton Sun hundreds of calls have been fielded since Saturday and crews are currently experiencing several days of work ahead of them.
Large pools of water caused by melting snow and ice, along with several burst water mains have kept crews hopping.
"There's been a large number of water main breaks this year, and in some key locations -- they are always a nuisance when the weather gets warmer," Melmoth told the Sun, adding that residents may see more water main breaks as temperatures rise.
Crews, Melmoth told the Edmonton Journal, are tackling ice, snow and water buildup with picks, shovels and axes, but in some cases heavy-duty equipment has been brought in to suck up and flush out water.
Edmonton Mayor Don Iveson also encouraged residents to help out in their neighbourhoods.
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development issued an emergency alert Monday, warning of overland flooding due to rapid snow melt across the province.
"The generally cool spring conditions combined with the heavy snowfalls...has resulted in a plains snowpack that is much above average in the central, southern, and Peace regions of the province, that has not had the opportunity to melt gradually. Typical snow melt in Alberta occurs with gradually warming air temperatures, as opposed to the sudden and sustained increases in temperatures that are expected over the next week," the alert read.
Meanwhile in Calgary, residents in several neighbourhoods have been working around the clock to keep water out of their basements.
"At this point, it's just trying to keep snow and water away from that side of my house where it was coming in until summer," Southwood resident Krista Beavis told CBC Calgary, after her basement experienced some flooding Sunday afternoon.
As of Monday, the City of Calgary had received more than 1,200 calls about frozen catch basins.
Crews are working first to stop water from entering homes, garages and businesses, the city said in a release, and said additional crews have been brought in.
“If you find there is a problem with a catch basin, the city does not advise that you try to clear it yourself as you cannot see potential hazards under the water's surface.”
Second in priority are open manholes, playground and hospital zones and bus and handicap zones, followed by flooded roadways and intersections.
However, officials say that for the moment major rivers are not expected to experience a dramatic increase in water levels, alleviating some concerns that flooding similar to June 2013's deluge are on the way.
“I’m wondering if this might be spring. Maybe our seasons actually came in order this year?” Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi told Global Calgary Monday.
“We are getting some localized flooding. I don’t think it’s havoc. but we are getting some localized pooling.”
The City recommends those concerned about flooding shovel ice away from their foundations and ensure eavestroughs are clear of ice and debris.
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The 2013 Alberta Flood And Other Disasters
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More than 16,000 people were evacuated. The official death toll was seven deaths, but other sources (notably Canadian Geographic) cite 10. In the end, 488 homes were destroyed and 1,230 damaged.-Wikipedia (credit:CP)
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The fire destroyed roughly one-third of Slave Lake; 374 properties were destroyed and 52 damaged in the town proper, and another 59 were destroyed and 32 damaged in the surrounding area.[21] 732 people were left homeless as a result.-Wikipedia (credit:Samir Hussein via Getty Images)
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More than 1,000 transmission towers collapsed in chain reactions under the weight of the ice, leaving more than four million people without electricity, most of them in southern Quebec, western New Brunswick and Eastern Ontario. At least twenty-five people died in the areas affected by the ice, primarily from hypothermia.-Wikipedia (credit:CP)
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Approximately 28,000 people were evacuated throughout Manitoba. In Winnipeg alone, more than 9,000 city residents, representing 3,000 homes, were evacuated during the flood. (credit:CARLO ALLEGRI via Getty Images)
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It resulted in 120,000 people being evacuated, four fatalities and 32 states of local emergency throughout southern Alberta. (credit:CP)
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Ken Cuttle, at home in his Victoria apartment, Wednesday, Feb.1, 2006, is a survivor of the Hinton train disaster which killed 23 people 20 years ago. (credit:CP)
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A water bomber drops it's water on a fire, 160 km northeast of Edmonton, Alberta, on Sunday May 15, 2011. Over a thousand people were ordered to leave their homes on Sunday when strong winds fanned two separate wildfires that burned on either side of a northern Alberta town. THE CANADIAN PRESS\Ian Jackson (credit:CP)
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Crews work to shut off gas and water in a burned-out neighbourhood in Slave Lake, Alta., on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. Almost all of Slave Lakes's 7,000 residents fled Sunday in the face of a forest fire that eventually destroyed about a third of the town. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ian Jackson)
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Fire destroys 40 per cent of the town of Slave Lake — and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes. (credit:CP)
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The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge look at debris as they tour a fire-damaged area of Slave Lake, Alta., Wednesday, July 6, 2011. More than 400 homes and businesses — about one-third of the town — were reduced to ash and debris when a wind-whipped forest fire swept through in May. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Little remains of the Evergreen Trailer court after a tornado ripped through east Edmonton July 1987 and then devastated the trailer court located just northeast of Edmonton. (CP PHOTO/Larry MacDougal) (credit:CP)
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Flood waters surround the hospital in Canmore, Alta. on Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Flood waters surround buildings in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Cougar Creek runs through the Trans Canada Highway during heavy floods in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Cougar Creek runs through the Trans Canada Highway during heavy floods in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Road damaged is shown looking west along the Trans-Canada Highway in Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rocky Mountain Outlook-Craig Douce)
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Heavy equipment operators work to keep up with debris, as Cougar Creek pours over the Trans-Canada Highway near Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rocky Mountain Outlook-Craig Douce)
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Cougar Creek runs through the Trans Canada Highway during heavy floods in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Cougar Creek runs through the Trans Canada Highway during heavy floods in Canmore, Alta. Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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Cars and trucks sit on the road looking east along the Trans-Canada Highway from Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Rocky Mountain Outlook-Craig Douce)
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The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit: THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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A flooded Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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A flooded downtown Calgary is seen from a aerial view of the city Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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The Calgary Stampede grounds are immersed in water during heavy flooding in Calgary, Saturday, June 22, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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In this aerial photo, the flooded Cougar Creek runs through Canmore, Alberta, on Friday June 21, 2013. Communities throughout southern Alberta are dealing with overflowing rivers that have washed out roads and bridges, inundated homes and turned streets into dirt-brown tributaries. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) (credit:AP)
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A man rides his bike as another picks his up in the flooded streets of Calgary, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. Alberta's largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) (credit:AP)
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, left, walks to a waiting helicopter with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, right, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, for an aerial tour of flooding in Calgary, Alta. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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A wall is reserved for messages and missing people at the arena in Blackie, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the Highwood River, overflowed its banks Thursday. The Red Cross is using the arena to house evacuees of the High River flood. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage) (credit:AP)
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Displaced residents sleep on cots at the arena in Blackie, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the Highwood River, overflowed its banks Thursday. The Red Cross is using the arena to house evacuees of the High River flood. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage) (credit:AP)
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Water rushes through what is left of Lions Park as the Sheep River flows through Okotoks, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013 after the river overflowed its banks Thursday. The town remains on a flood watch. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage) (credit:AP)
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A home in the community of Bowness is flooded as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) (credit:AP)
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Resident Cody Chatfield drives his lifted 4x4 through his neighborhood looking at the flooded homes in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) (credit:AP)
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Water flows past flooded vehicles in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alberta, on Friday, June 21, 2013. Floodwaters that devastated much of southern Alberta left at least two people dead and forced officials in the western Canadian city of Calgary on Friday to order the evacuation of its entire downtown, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Nathan Denette) (credit:AP)
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Vehicles are stranded in the flooded streets of Calgary, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. Alberta's largest city was swamped Friday by floodwaters that submerged much of the lower bowl of the Saddledome hockey arena, displaced tens of thousands of people and forced the evacuation of the downtown core. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) (credit:AP)
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This aerial photo shows the closed Trans-Canada Highway in Canmore, Alberta, on Friday June 21, 2013. Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of the entire downtown area on Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the citys hockey arena. Communities throughout southern Alberta are dealing with overflowing rivers that have washed out roads and bridges, inundated homes and turned streets into dirt-brown tributaries. About 350,000 people work in downtown Calgary on a typical day. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) (credit:AP)
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Residents in the Eagle Terrace neighborhood of Canmore, Alberta, look out over what was the only road into the area on Friday June 21, 2013, after Cougar Creek flooded. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Craig Douce) (credit:AP)
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Heavy equipment operators work to keep up with debris, as Cougar Creek pours over the Trans-Canada Highway near Canmore, Alberta on Friday June 21, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Craig Douce) (credit:AP)
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, centre, walks to a waiting helicopter with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, second from right, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, for an an aerial tour of flooding in Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, far right, looks at a map of the flooded areas of Calgary with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, centre, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, as fire chief Bruce Burrell points out problem sites. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, centre, with Alberta Premier Alison Redford, left, and Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi, speak to the media with the Calgary skyline and the flooded Bow river behind them on Friday June 21, 2013. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Houses damaged along the edge of Cougar Creek are shown June 20, 2013 in Canmore, Alta. Widespread flooding caused by torrential rains washed out bridges and roads prompting the evacuation of thousands. (credit:Getty Images)
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Residents watch flooding along Cougar Creek June 20, 2013 in Canmore, Alta. Widespread flooding caused by torrential rains washed out bridges and roads prompting the evacuation of thousands. (credit:Getty Images)
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Residents watch the flooding Cougar Creek as it takes out Eagle Terrace Road and nears the top of the Elk Run Blvd Bridge June 20, 2013 in Canmore, Alta. Widespread flooding caused by torrential rains washed out bridges and roads prompting the evacuation of thousands. (credit:Getty Images)
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A lone truck sits submerged in the flood waters near downtown High River, Alta. on Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Homes along Cougar Creek in Canmore, Alta. barely hang on as the town struggles to deal with flooding Thursday. (credit:AP)
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A front end loader carries residents after they were rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alberta. (credit:AP)
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A kayaker paddles down a flooded street in High River, Alberta on Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Cars are submerged by the flood waters in High River, Alberta on Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Kevan Yaets swims after his cat Momo to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River, Alberta on Thursday. (credit:AP)
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A woman is rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Kevan Yaets crawls out the back window of his pick up truck with his cat Momo as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River. (credit:AP)
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A helicopter carrying residents lands on a road in High River, Alta., Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Roger Poirier, holds his family's cat, Smartie, as his wife Crystal looks on after rescuing it from their flooded house in High River, Alta., Thursday. (credit:AP)
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Cars and homes are submerged in flood waters in High River. (credit:AP)
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Rescuers looks for stranded residents in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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A shot of the homes along Cougar Creek. (credit:Lauren Wheeler)
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Semi truck sit idle to the Trans-Canada Highway in Canmore, Alta. on Thursday June 20, 2013. Calgary and most of southern Alberta are being hammered by rain that has washed-out roads and bridges, caused mudslides and closed major highways. (credit:The Canadian Press/John Marriott)
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A flooded residence in High river, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in High River, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013. (credit:The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)
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A front end loader carries people to safety from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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Kevan Yaets swims after his cat Momo to safety as the flood waters sweep him downstream and submerge the cab in High River, Alberta on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. Hundreds of people have been evacuated with volunteers and emergency crews helping to aid stranded residents. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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A resident is comforted by rescuers as she clutches her dog after being retrieved from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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A lone truck sits submerged in the flood waters near downtown High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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Krystal Lelond of Black Diamond clutches her cat Pipi after being evacuated from her home after the Sheep River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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An elderly woman is rescued from the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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Debris and water pours across the Trans-Canada Highway as Canmore struggles with flooding. (credit:he Canadian Press/ Craig Douce, Rocky Mountain Outlook)
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A woman wades through the flood waters in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/Jordan Verlage)
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This is the view of the bridge over the Highwood. Normally there is a couple metres clearance below it. (credit:Twitter: @ElectDanielle)
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A kayaker paddles down a flooded street in High River, Alta. on June 20, 2013 after the Highwood River overflowed its banks. (credit:The Canadian Press/ Jordan Verlage)
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One of several rock slides blocking #hwy40 in Kananaskis. No access to Kananaskis village. (credit:Twitter: @Alberta511)
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The Bow river swells over its banks in downtown Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Residents wade through flood waters after an evacuation order following heavy rains caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in High River. (credit:The Canadian Press/ Jeff McIntosh)
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The Calgary Stampede rodeo grounds are flooded due to the heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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Calgarians look out over a flooded Calgary Stampede grounds and Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, Friday, June 21, 2013. Officials estimated 75,000 people have been displaced in the western Canadian city. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff (credit:(The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh))
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A photograph of the back yard of a resident as rising water flooding homes in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
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Onlookers watch the Bow river swell in downtown Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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A firefighter walks through the rising water in the community of Bowness as up to 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in Calgary, Alta., on Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
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A helicopter carrying evacuated residents lands on a road in High river, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in High River, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013. (credit:The Canadian Press/ Jeff McIntosh)
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The Bow river swells over its banks in downtown Calgary, Alta. Heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Thursday, June 20, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)
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The Calgary Stampede rodeo grounds are flooded due to the heavy rains have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuation in Calgary, Alta., Friday, June 21, 2013. (credit:THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh)