Flooding follows fire in central Alberta as wildfire evacuees prepare to return home in the north

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Heavy rainfall across central and western Alberta has been a mixed blessing as more wildfire evacuees are preparing to return home.

The downpour follows one of the hottest Mays on record for Canada as wildfires spread throughout a dry Alberta. After a short reprieve, early June saw wildfires again tearing through forest regions. 

Among the communities evacuated were Edson and Yellowhead County in central Alberta — for the second time this season — and Fort Chipewyan, about 730 kilometres northeast of Edmonton.

The evacuation order for Fort Chipewyan will soon be lifted. Evacuation orders for Edson and Yellowhead County were lifted late last week.

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