Alberta flooding 2013 prompts state of emergency (updates, photos, videos)

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Heavy flooding hit Alberta on June 20, 2013. Alberta flooding caused major damage in Canmore, Calgary and High River. Flood emergency has been declared in various Alberta communities. Updates below

Update 07:30 UTC
Alberta Emergency Management Agency has issued the following critical alert at Thu Jun 20 11:49 PM
2013.
Portions of the following communities are under mandatory evacuation:Beltline, Bonnybrook, Bowness, Bridgeland Industrial, Chinatown Eau Claire, Cliff Bungalow, Deer Run, Discovery Ridge, Downtown East Village,Elbow Park, Erlton, Inglewood, Hillhurst, Mission, Montgomery, Quarry Park, Rideau, Riverbend, Riverdale, Roxboro, Elboya, Sunnyside, Victoria Park, Windsor Park.

Update 07:05 UTC
-Schools in Calgary area will be closed Friday. According to Calgary board of education, a member of Calgary Emergency Management Agency,  all CBE schools will be closed on Friday, June 21, 2013.
-Officials have expected as many as 100,000 people to be evacuated from low-lying areas in 25 communities by midnight.

Update
Below is a Red Cross contact information (via Calgary City News Blog).
Red Cross in Calgary cane be reached at:
100, 1305 – 11th Avenue SW
Telephone: 403.541.6100
If you have general or donation inquiries, please contact the Red Cross at: [email protected] or 1-800-418-1111

Update June 21; 06:00 UTC
The following Alberta communities are under states of flood emergency.
Sundre, Calgary, Lethbridge, Cochrane, High River, Turner Valley, Canmore, Black Diamond, Rockyview County, the municipal districts of Foothills, Bighorn and Crowsnest Pass.

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A state of emergency has been declared due to flooding in several Canadian towns.

Flood emergency was declared in Canmore and Alberta after heavy rainfall flooded a river that runs through the town.

Flood water swept away two person into the Highwood River near the town of Black Diamond.

Mandatory evacuation orders have already been issued for six Calgary communities along the Elbow River.

A city statement has urged people to find flood shelter with family or friends for the next 72 hours minimum.

A river has started overflowing in the town of High River and flood emergency has been declared in that area too.

In Canmore, flood emergency evacuations centres have been established at the local civic centre and Canmore Collegiate High School.

Below is a photo of Alberta flooding (Source Jordan Verlage / THE CANADIAN PRESS).

All public schools in Canmore and Banff have been closed, CTV News has written in its online edition.

Alberta Health Services has issued a boil water advisory for its Calgary zone.

Below is a you tube video o Alberta flooding.

A rainfall warning has been issued by Environment Canada for parts of southern Alberta, forecasting up to 100 millimetres of rain in the next 48 hours.

Original post: Natural Disasters List June 20, 2013