8/12/2019 Flood catastrophe unfolds
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FLOOD CATASTROPHE UNFOLDS
CALGARY
CANMORE
1A
40
1
66
BRAGG CREEK
COCHRANE
HIGH RIVER
4:30 A.M.EXSHAW FLOODS
6:30 A.M.
Most bridges close
11:30 A.M.
Police confirm Saddledomefilled with water
3 P.M.
Prime Minister StephenHarper arrives to surveydamage
IN CALGARY
6 A.M. STATEOF EMERGENCY
9:40 A.M. MUDSLIDECUTS OFF HWY. 1
BANFF
10:10 A.M.STATE OF EMERGENCY
Rocky View County
10:15 A.M.BLACK DIAMOND FLOODS
11-11:30 A.M.STATE OF EMERGENCY
OKOTOKS
11-11:30 A.M.STATE OF EMERGENCY
LETHBRIDGE
Turner ValleyBlack Diamond
11-11:30 A.M.STATE OF EMERGENCY
1 P.M. STATE OF EMERGENCY& EVACUATIONS BEGIN
1 P.M. STATEOF EMERGENCY
5 P.M.EVACUATIONS
7:30 P.M. SIKSIKA FIRST NATIONFLOODS & 1, 000 FORCED TO
LEAVE
JULY 1
Province reveals its handed out $43M in flood relief debit
cards
JULY 2
Downtown Calgary re-opens; flood costs estimated at$256M+; RCMP
defends High River gun grab
JULY 3
Calgary Zoo lays off 300 employees dueto $10M in lost
revenue
JULY 4
City of Calgary lifts local state ofemergency
JULY 5
Calgary Stampede kicks off as promised withannual parade with
slogan Hell of High Water; Sunnyside
sees flash flood from evening storm
JULY 9
Zoo announces closure; city says $18M Harvie Passagere-vamp
mostly washed away
JULY 13
Province returns control of High River recovery tolocal
officials
JULY 14
Stampede breaches 1 million visitors
JULY 15
Flood Aid concert announced for August;Stampede T-shirt
fundraising efforts raise $2.1M
JULY 18
RCMP return half of guns seized in High River
JULY 30
Flood damage reaches $500M and still counting; video
suggestsparts of High River were sacrificed to spare other parts of
town
SEPT. 11
Saddledome repaired for first concert since flood, with the
Eaglestaking the stage
SEPT. 23
Insurance Bureau of Canada declares Alberta flooding
costliest
natural disaster in Canadian history, eventually hitting $6B
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THE FLOOD
10:05 A.M.
Thousands of volunteersswamp McMahon Stadiumto offer help
12:15 P.M.
Province pledges $1 billionin flood relief
IN CALGARY
5 P.M.
RCMP find two bodies,another woman is missing
NEAR HIGH RIVER
12:45 P.M.
Third person confirmeddead in flooding
NEAR HIGH RIVER
IN HIGH RIVERIts revealed RCMP seized guns whilesearching for
people in distress
JUNE 27
IN HIGH RIVER
Province takes over emergency efforts
IN CALGARY
City reveals as many as 10,000 peopleto be displaced for a s
ignificantamount of time
JUNE 28
JUNE 20
JUNE 21
JUNE 22
JUNE 24DATELEGEND
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SERGEJEVW/SUNMEDIAILLUSTRATION
