Southern Alberta floods by the numbers

Hereare some flood-related statisticsfrom the government of Alberta.

• Amount issued to Albertans on pre-loaded credit or debit cards: almost $70 million.
• Number of Albertanswho received the cards: 40,000
• Number of applications for Disaster Recovery Support processed: 8,200
• Number of people who have received cheques: 1,827
• Total amount paid out: $8.6 million
• Number of Albertans living in temporary housing in High River and on the Siksika First Nation:950
• Number of people from those communities living in hotels or other temporary housing: 400
• Number of students in Albertareturning to school in temporary classrooms: 950
• Number of schools damaged in floods that reopened on September 3: 80
• Number of health facilities damaged by flooding that have reopened: five
• Amount of the 985 kilometres of damaged roadway and bridges repaired: 857 kilometres.
• Number of callers to Alberta Flood Information Line operators since June 24: 18,000
• Amount of debris removed from High River in truckloads: 2,050
• Amount of water removed from town's river system in Olympic swimming pools: 20