Officials Watching Rivers as Floods Chase People Out of Downtown Fort McMurray

Flood water advances toward the Ptarmigan trailer court in the Waterways neighbourhood in Fort McMurray, Alta. on Sunday, April 26, 2020. Greg Halinda/The Canadian Press

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta.—Officials in Fort McMurray are keeping a close eye on river levels after a 25-kilometre ice jam caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes.

Don Scott, mayor of the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, said the ice jam has shrunk by two to three kilometres.