As flood evacuation orders are lifted in Fort McMurray and residents are being permitted to return home, many people now face a massive cleanup job.

Evacuation orders have been lifted in some areas of Fort McMurray, after water levels receded significantly in the Lower Townsite.

Officials with the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo said the water on the Clearwater River continued to rise Tuesday, but at a slower rate than on Monday.

A Fort McMurray man who was forced from his home early Monday morning due to rising flood waters said he couldn't help but think back to 2016 when the town was evacuated due to wildfires.

Provincial and federal governments say they are ready to help with flooding in northern Alberta as the number of evacuations in Fort McMurray continued to increase Monday.

Tony Bussey weighed 567 pounds when he was forced to flee Fort McMurray in 2016. His size meant he had to take up two coveted seats on the plane out.

"Citizens of the world would benefit" if all mobile devices could be enabled as FM radios, a UN agency announced earlier this year.

On May 3, 2016, while tens of thousands of people fled Fort McMurray, hundreds went running in to begin to battle the wildfire now known as "The Beast."

Michel Chamberland, who captured the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire evacuation on his dashcam, looks back on that day and realizes how close he was to not getting out.

Global Edmonton picked up a Canadian Screen Award for best news special for the Fort McMurray wildfire evacuation Tuesday night.