More rain for flood ravaged southern Alberta
Posted Jun 21, 2010 7:52 am.
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Flooding problems in a number of areas in the south part of the province are expected to get worse before they get better.
A weather warning has been issued for a number of centres including Medicine Hat, Bow Island, Suffield, Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Lethbridge, Taber, Milk River, Cardston, Fort Macleod, Magrath, Crowsnest Pass, Pincher Creek and Waterton Lakes National Park.
Another 30 millimetres of rain is expected to fall today. That would be on top of more than 100 millimetres that fell last week.
States of emergency remain in effect in several Alberta cities and towns.
Medicine Hat appears to be the hardest hit at the moment, with the owners of several hundred homes under evacuation orders keeping a watchful eye over the South Saskatchewan river.
The Red Cross is trying to offer help to those who have been displaced by the flood.
A number of Alberta MLAs toured the devastation on the weekend.
Drivers headed to Saskatchewan are being told to expect delays, as a 60 kilometre stretch of the Trans Canada highway remains closed.
Temporary repairs are underway but are not expected to be completed until later in the week.
