CTVNews.ca Staff Published Saturday, June 22, 2013 6:30AM EDT Last Updated Saturday, June 22, 2013 11:58PM EDT<\/p>\n
The city of Medicine Hat is under a state of emergency as it braces for rising waters and heavy flooding over the coming days, expecting water levels similar to those that hit low-lying areas of Calgary in recent days. <\/p>\n
Medicine Hat, approximately 300 kilometres southeast of Calgary, issued a mandatory evacuation in the low-lying areas of the city. The South Saskatchewan River, which winds through the city, is expected to rise Sunday and crest Monday. <\/p>\n
According to the citys website the river is expected to peak early Monday morning with a flow rate between 5,100 to 6,000 cubic metres per second. <\/p>\n
Nearly 10,000 residents were scheduled to be relocated Saturday morning, and the gas was shut off in the evacuated area as of 2 p.m. local time. The citys transit is moving people to the Evacuation Centre at the Medicine Hat College. <\/p>\n
Electricity is also expected to be cut off. Several roads, including the entire Highway 41 Industrial Ave. corridor, have been closed. <\/p>\n
Inmates at the Medicine Hat Remand Centre were being transferred to Lethbridge and Calgary, the Alberta Solicitor General announced in a tweet. <\/p>\n
Residents of Medicine Hat are bracing for the worst. <\/p>\n
You can hear the river threatening, one woman told CTV News. It looks very placid but its not, and stuff is starting to come. <\/p>\n
Earlier reports indicated that as much as 70 per cent of the 10,000 residents were ignoring the order to leave their houses. <\/p>\n
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