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Canadian floods prompt evacuation of entire downtown Calgary area
2013-06-21 22:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Flooding forced the western Canadian city of Calgary to order the evacuation of the entire downtown area on Friday, as the waters reached the 10th row of the city's hockey arena. About 230,000 people work downtown on a typical day. However, officials said very few people need to be moved out, since many heeded warnings and did not go to work on Friday. Twenty-five neighborhoods in the city, with an estimated population of 75,000, have already been evacuated due to floodwaters in Calgary, a...
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