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As many as 100,000 people have had to flee their homes in western Canada amid heavy flooding.
Torrential rain and floodwaters have washed away roads and bridges and caused landslides in southern parts of the province of Alberta.
Communities around Calgary, Alberta's largest city, have been particularly badly hit, with a state of emergency declared in a large area to the south.
Schools and businesses, as well as several major roads, have been closed.
The mountain resorts of Banff and Canmore were left isolated after the Trans-Canada Highway was closed.
Helicopters and motor boats had to be used to rescue stranded homeowners.
One resident of Canmore said he woke in the middle of the night to a "kind of rumbling" sound and realised it was the nearby creek.
"At first it was just intense, pretty powerful, amazing thing to watch," Wade Graham told the Associated Press.
"As daylight came, it just got bigger and bigger and wider and wider, and it's still getting bigger and bigger and wider and wider."
"I watched a refrigerator go by. I watched a shed go by. I watched couches go by. It's insane," he added.
Some 25 communities in and around Calgary which lie along the affected rivers have been evacuated.
The Calgary Herald reported on Friday that residents were waiting anxiously as the level of the Elbow river peaked. The Bow river is expected to peak later on Friday.
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