Scenes from Alberta's largest city, parts of which are under evacuation order
Olive Norquay checks over her medications after arriving at her temporary hotel accommodations in Calgary after she was evacuated from a seniors care facility June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Residents leave the flooding downtown core as new orders evacuating all of downtown were issued in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Todd Korol/Reuters
A woman photographs a mannequin sitting in a closed restaurant in a deserted downtown neighbourhood of Calgary on June 21, 2013.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
A couple looks on as floodwaters rise downtown during a mandatory evacuation in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Melissa Renwick/Reuters
Calgarians look out over a flooded Calgary Stampede grounds and Saddledome in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
A man records a view of the flooded Calgary Stampede grounds and Saddledome due to heavy rains that have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuations in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
The Calgary Stampede grounds are flooded due to the heavy rains that have caused flooding, closed roads, and forced evacuations in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press
Men navigate a fence above flooded streets in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail
The C-Train station at Stampede Park in Calgary is shown under water on June 21, 2013, as the city faced a state of emergency after the river crested early in the morning and as many as 100,000 people have been told to evacuate.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail
A flooded street in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A Humvee drives through a flooded street in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
Neighbours survey the area of Elbow Park as Calgary faces a city-wide state of emergency after the river crested early in the morning and as many as 100,000 people have been told to evacuate.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail
A man walks past the C-Train station at Stampede Park in Calgary on June 21, 2013.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail
A police officer tries to clear a stream of water that spilled over the banks of the Elbow River in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood on June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A view of downtown Calgary on, June 21, 2013, with the Bow River and Langevin bridge on the left.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A resident in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood rides her scooter on June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
The city of Calgary faces a city-wide state of emergency after the Elbow River crested early in the morning on June 21, 2013.CHRIS BOLIN/The Globe and Mail
Emergency responders survey the scene on a flooded street in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood June 21, 2013.John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
A flooded street in Calgary's Mission neighbourhood, June 21, 201John Lehmann/The Globe and Mail
The Calgary neighborhood of Elbow Park and its houses sit under water.Chris Bolin/The Globe and Mail
Lance Shabatura takes a photo of the flooded Bow River and downtown area of Calgary on June 21, 2013.TODD KOROL/Reuters
Residents of Chinatown leave the downtown core as Chinatown residents were on a mandatory evacuation order in Calgary on June 21, 2013TODD KOROL/Reuters
Sunnyside residents check out the flooding on Memorial Drive from the rising waters of the Bow River in Calgary on June 21, 2013.TODD KOROL/Reuters