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Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown
BY , Apr 28, 2020 3:39 PM - REPORT AN ERRORLAST UPDATED ON Apr 28, 2020 5:44 PM
Flood water advances toward the Ptarmigan trailer court in the Waterways neighbourhood in Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday, April 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Greg Halinda
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he toured the damage caused by flooding in Fort McMurray and the province is ready to help.
He and Environment Minister Jason Nixon went to northern Alberta on Monday afternoon.
The city's entire downtown is under an evacuation order due to high water caused by spring ice breakup on the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers.
Northern Lights Regional Health Centre and the nearby Grayling Terrace neighbourhood are exempt from the order.
More than 5,000 people have registered at two evacuation centres and the municipality says that number is expected to grow because about 12,000 people live in the areas being evacuated.
A second state of local emergency is in effect in Fort McMurray, on top of one declared last month because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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