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Flooding forces 75,000 from west Canada homes

The Philippine Star
June 22, 2013 | 3:48am

CALGARY, Alberta  — The flooded western Canadian city of Calgary says it has ordered the evacuation of the entire downtown area.

About 230,000 people work downtown on a typical Friday.

However, officials say very few people need to be moved out, since not many showed up for work Friday.

Twenty-five neighborhoods in the city, with an estimated population of 75,000, have already been evacuated due to rising floodwaters.
 

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