Southern Alberta flooding leads to voluntary evacuation

Officials with the Town of Claresholm, an hour southeast of Calgary, are asking some residents to leave their homes because of overland flooding.

The sewer system is also backing up and some homes are under water. An evacuation centre has been set up at the Claresholm arena for any residents affected by the flooding.

Schools in the town are also closed, except for students writing diploma exams. Parents are asked to take those students to the arena, where buses will pick them up and take them to their schools.

The Blood Reserve, 233 kilometres southeast of Calgary, joined the list of communities declaring a state of local emergency late Tuesday. 

The threat of flooding is expected to continue through Wednesday as Environment Canada issued another rainfall warning early in the morning for areas from Brooks to most of southern Alberta.

Environment Canada says a low-pressure system is expected to bring up to 70 millimetres of rain Wednesday in the southwestern foothills before tapering off Thursday morning. The total rainfall in that area may exceed 200 millimetres.

Further north and east, 40 to 60 millimetres have been recorded.

The provincial government's flood forecasters say much less rain fell overnight than forecast.

"While overnight there were some pockets of very intense precipitation and there has been some localized flooding, the rainfall has not lived up to expectations. It significantly less than we had predicted," said Katrina Bluetchen of Alberta Environment.

In Cardston, there are reports that Lee's Creek has overflowed and low-lying areas are beginning to flood. 

People in Coalhurst are experiencing flooded basements and sewer backups. 

The rainfall warnings do not include Calgary.

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