Days after wildfire evacuation orders were lifted for residents of Edson and Yellowhead County in west-central Alberta, flooding triggered by battering rain is forcing some residents out of their homes again.
Residents of the town and parts of the county have been forced out twice recently due to the threat of encroaching wildfires. But heavy rains that allowed wildfire evacuation orders to lift last week have now triggered a new emergency.
The county and the town have both declared states of local emergency due to flooding. People in affected areas are being told to avoid washed-out roads, to prepare for power outages and
