© Vincent McDermott/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia NetworkFlood waters cover a trailer park on Monday, April 27, 2020.
Floods have forced mandatory evacuations in parts of Fort McMurray, the hub for Canada's oil sands industry, even as the province of Alberta tries to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
The Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, which includes Fort McMurray, ordered mandatory evacuations of some residents that began on Sunday and were expanded on Monday. Ice jams caused the Athabasca River to spill its banks.
Canada's Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland, said the federal government was looking "very urgently" at ways to help the area.
"The fact that flooding season and in due course, forest fire season, is coinciding with coronavirus in Canada is posing some special challenges," Freeland said Monday in Ottawa.
The area, like most of Canada, is subject to restrictions on movement and most businesses are closed.
Wood Buffalo Mayor Don Scott described the situation as a "crisis" on social media, and he has asked for military help.
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