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Alberta Working to Evacuate Remaining Campers From Drenched Kananaskis Country
More than 1,500 people are unable to leave campgrounds as crews evacuate visitors, close roads and open temporary shelters.
- On Monday, Alberta Parks declared a local state of emergency in Kananaskis Country after heavy rainfall left more than 1,500 people unable to leave campgrounds due to dangerous road conditions.
- Intense rainfall damaged key infrastructure, washing out the Evan Thomas Bridge and causing mudslides that made sections of Highway 40 impassable, complicating relief efforts for emergency crews.
- Alberta Parks Director for Emergency Management Michael Roycroft estimates about 2,000 people are impacted, including approximately 500 guests at the Pomeroy Kananaskis Mountain Lodge and about 250 backcountry campers.
- Visitors are encouraged to "postpone non-essential travel," Alberta Minister of Forestry and Parks Todd Loewen said, while William Watson Lodge and Peter Lougheed Discovery Centre opened as temporary shelters.
- Officials hope to restore at least one route out of the area soon, drawing parallels to the 2013 floods when emergency crews evacuated about 1,300 people by helicopter.
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Stranded campers able to leave drenched Kananaskis Country
The Alberta government says crews have finished evacuating remaining campers who were tucked away at sites in Kananaskis Country. More than 100 kilometres of roads in provincial parks along Alberta's Rocky Mountains had been closed because of landslides and flooding.
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Alberta Parks issues local state of emergency in Kananaskis Country due to flooding
Officials say a local state of emergency has been declared at a provincial park in southern Alberta due to flooding, with some people unable to leave due to road conditions.
·Kelowna, Canada
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Kananaskis Country, Canmore under states of local emergency amid heavy rainfall, flood risk
A state of local emergency was declared for both Canmore and Kananaskis Country Monday, as heavy precipitation that began the day before continued to pummel the sprawling mountain region west of Calgary.
·Banff, Canada
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