Warmer weather only possible weapon against northern Alberta ice-jam flooding | CBC News
“This is the one-in-a-100-year flood that people talk about when they’re doing planning. It’s just unfortunately this year on top of the COVID pandemic.”
About 13,000 residents have been forced to leave their homes since flooding began on Sunday, according to the premier’s office, as a result of the spring ice breakup on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers in Fort McMurray and the Peace River in Mackenzie County. Evacuation orders have also forced people from their homes on the Tallcree First Nation at Beaver Ranch.
Officials had been monitoring ice on the Athabasca for several days. It let loose early Sunday forming an ice jam near Fort McMurray.