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The Highwood River is subject to frequent flooding. Flood events of exceptional magnitude occurred in 1894, 1899, 1902, 1908, 1912, 1923, 1929, 1932, 1942, 1995, 2005 and 2013. [ 1 ] Most recently during the 2013 Alberta floods , thousands of people in Alberta were ordered to evacuate their homes after the rise of the Highwood River, Bow River ...
2013 Alberta floods: Flood southwest Alberta around Calgary Region: Prairies 5 2013 July 6: Lac-Mégantic rail disaster: Rail accident Lac-Mégantic, Quebec: Central Canada 47 2013 September 18: Ottawa bus–train crash: Rail-traffic accident Ottawa, Ontario Central Canada 6 2014 January 23: L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: Fire L'Isle-Verte ...
According to the Red River Basin Task Force News, the Red River Flood of 1997 "deserved the superlative, the 'flood of the century'." [10] The flood along the Red River of the North in North Dakota, Minnesota, and Southern Manitoba, in April and May 1997 was the most severe Red River flood since 1826. The International Joint Commission (IJC)'s ...
Get the Rimbey, AB local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
New Mexico experienced record-breaking rainfall and flash flooding over the weekend, resulting in two deaths and 300 rescues by the National Guard. Dramatic video captures sheriff stranded on top ...
Total damage estimates exceeded C$5 billion and in terms of insurable damages, made the 2013 Alberta floods the costliest disaster in Canadian history at $1.7 billion, until the occurrence of the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire. Receding waters gave way to a mammoth cleanup of affected areas, aided by a spontaneous volunteer campaign in which many ...
A further 99 flood warnings, where flooding is expected, as well as 154 flood alerts, warning of possible flooding, are also in place. Met Office issues yellow weather warning for rain across ...