Water creeps from the Bow River up a partially flooded downtown street in Calgary, Alberta June 21, 2013. REUTERS/Todd Korol
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - The heaviest floods in decades shut down the Canadian oil capital of Calgary on Friday, closing roads and bringing down bridges across southern Alberta, and forcing tens of thousands of residents to leave their soggy homes.
There were no reports of deaths or injuries, even as people retreated rapidly from flooded areas by road, boat or helicopter.
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