Cars driving through rising floodwaters in downtown High River in Alberta province yesterday. The heaviest floods in decades shut down the Canadian oil capital of Calgary, closing roads and bringing down bridges across southern Alberta. There were no reports of deaths or injuries. Around 100,000 people of Calgary’s 1.1 million residents were ordered to leave their homes, while smaller communities were evacuated elsewhere in the western province. The TransCanada Highway, the country’s main east-west artery, was closed at Canmore after Cougar Creek burst its banks.
