Alberta Flooding

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The City of Calgary has ordered an evacuation its entire downtown core -- an area where approximately 230,000 people work on a typical Friday.

Officials don't expect to have to relocate that many residents, however, as the majority of people didn't show up for work. A large number of Calgary's neighbourhoods have already been evacuated due to rising floodwaters, which began spreading across the city on Thursday evening. An estimated 75,000 Calgarians have already been ordered to evacuate.

Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/calgary-orders-evacuation-of-entire-downtown-core-1.1335330#ixzz2WsnASaFl

Scotiabank Saddledome and the Stampede grounds are among the many areas that have been hit by severe flooding as Alberta's provincial government has called on the residents of Calgary's flood-hit regions to head to higher ground.

According to several reports, the water is up to the 10th row of seats in the NHL arena while the dressing rooms are completely submerged and the Jumbotron and other equipment resting on the arena floor has been ruined.

http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=425999