Floods kill three, force 75000 from Calgary homes

Downtown Calgary has been flooding for much of today, thanks to heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers throughout southern Alberta. 75000 residents have been evacuated; some residents elsewhere in the province have Flooding in western Canada on Friday left at least two people dead and forced the evacuation of downtown Calgary and several towns in southern Alberta,after days of rain and melting mountain snow inundated major rivers. The two victims are two men At least three people have been killed and more than a 100,000 forced to flee their homes as floods triggered by torrential rain hit western Canada. Officials have ordered the evacuation of the centre of Calgary, Alberta, after both rivers that flowVanmil is one of the 800-or-so homeless people staying at an emergency shelter near McKnight Boulevard in Calgary's northeast. He, like many here, is a long-term resident at the

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