An April flood that led to the evacuation of several northern Alberta communities caused more than half a billion dollars in insured damage.
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says the cost of the flooding in Fort McMurray has risen to $522 million from an initial tally in June of $288 million.
Officials say the increase comes from updated figures on the flood’s impact on commercial property, personal property and automobiles.
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Several communities, including Fort McMurray and Fort Vermilion, had to be evacuated after nearby rivers spilled their banks due to massive ice jams.
About 13,000 Albertans were forced from their homes.
The flooding was one of several extreme weather events in Alberta this year, which also included a $1.2-billion hailstorm in Calgary in June, wind damage in Edmonton in July and another hailstorm in Calgary on July 24.
Watch below: Some Global News videos about flooding in the Fort McMurray area in 2020.
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Disaster relief funding coming for northern Alberta residents affected by floods -
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Fort McMurray boil water advisory in place until September -
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Fort McMurray’s mayor says flooding cleanup is ‘heartbreaking’ -
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Fort McMurray rivers improving, but northwestern Alberta still at risk of more flooding -
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Fort McMurray still unsure about future water levels -
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Flood mitigation in the works amid 100-year Fort McMurray flood -
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Flooding damaged 1,230 buildings in downtown Fort McMurray -
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High river level continue to drop across northern Alberta, ice jams melting -
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Edmonton-area donation drives collecting supplies for Fort McMurray flood evacuees -
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Fort McMurray residents deal with deadly flooding from ice jams -
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Lac La Biche welcomes Fort McMurray evacuees -
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Where exactly flooding is happening in Fort McMurray, Alta.
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