Fort McMurray Residents Still Cleaning, Considering Options After Spring Flooding

Homeowners Cora and Alec Dion pose in the basement of their home in Fort McMurray, Alta., Canada, on May 8, 2020. Greg Halinda/The Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta.—More than seven months ago, Cora Dion and her husband fled Fort McMurray for the second time in four years as a spring flood threatened their home in northern Alberta.

They returned to a soggy mess in the basement, a dispute with their insurance company, and the near−foreclosure of their home in the city’s downtown.