Canada: Calgary evacuated ahead of flood

Independent: Around 75,000 people have been evacuated from the centre of the city of Calgary as floodwaters devastated much of Canada's southern province of Alberta, killing three people. Some 1,300 troops have been deployed in the flood zone. Alberta's premier, Alison Redford, warned that communities downstream of Calgary had not yet felt the full force of the floods, as rivers washed out roads and bridges, soaked homes and turned streets into dirt-brown waterways. On Friday, the Prime Minister, Stephen Harper,......

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