As many as 100,000 people were forced to leave their homes by the Western Canada, Calgary city officials said severe floods, landslides Trans-Canada Highway was closed, isolated mountain resort town of Banff, Canmore.
On Thursday the entire southern Alberta heavy rains and flooding washed out roads and bridges, leaving at least one person missing, causing car, sofa and refrigerator float away. Hit communities south of Calgary, more than one million people, the 1988 Winter Olympics held in the city.
Many downtown neighborhoods were ordered to evacuate, go at night. Officials said it would take a phased withdrawal in the coming days. The report said the province's 12 community emergency.
The water level is expected to reach its maximum (Friday) around noon.
A woman who had been stranded in the trailer missing after being swept away, Star Air Ambulance spokesman Cam Heke said.
Helicopter rescue trapped overnight on Wednesday the main highway in western Canada spread by water, the town Canmore spokesperson Sally Caudill said.
"About three o'clock in the morning when I woke up this rumbling sound, this is the creek," Wade said Graham, Canmore residents. "At first just intense, very powerful, amazing thing to watch during the day has come, it's just getting larger and more widespread, it is still getting bigger, larger and more broad."
He added, "I saw a fridge to go, I looked at a shed to go, I looked at the sofa to go, this is crazy."
Calgary Emergency Management Agency director, Bruce Burrell said that until Saturday afternoon, in the Bow River water level is not expected to subside. Bow River Basin has suffered up to 100 mm (3.9 inches) of rain.
"Based on the extent of flooding, we experienced the night, there may be areas of the city, where people will not be able to enter into the weekend," he told a news conference.
In High River, RCMP requested motorboat at least a dozen people to help rescue stranded homeowners.
"We have them on the roof of the people who are unable to evacuate fast enough, said:" The Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant. Patricia Neely.
Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for the disaster, estimated up to 100 millimeters of rain could fall in the next couple of days.
 
 



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