Eight days after it was issued due to several days of heavy rain, causing rivers to rise to dangerous levels, the safety advisory has been lifted for the Bow and Elbow rivers in Calgary.
The Calgary Fire Department (CFD) says flow rates on both have decreased enough since then to allow the advisory to be lifted and for residents to resume normal activities on and around the rivers.
While CFD says river levels are expected to continue to gradually improve to typical summer conditions, the water temperatures are still cold and there may still be reduced visibility and debris.
CFD is also still urging people to exercise caution around the rivers because conditions are unpredictable and can change rapidly, without warning, such as when we experience sudden thunderstorms that can result in rapid increases in water flow for short periods of time.
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- Actively supervise any children and stay within arm’s reach of any young children in the water
- Select the proper watercraft for the waterway and have a boat safety kit
- Avoid tying watercraft together while on the river
- Avoid wearing ankle leashes while on the river
- All watercraft users must wear their own properly-fitting lifejackets
Information on current river conditions is available on the city’s website at calgary.ca/flooding.
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