Canada Floods 2013: Rising Waters May Force 100,000 From Their Homes

Kevan Yaets crawls out the back window of his pick-up truck with his cat Momo as the flood waters sweep him downstream after submerging his truck in High River, Alberta, Canada, on June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jordan Verlage)

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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