Cat owner risks his life swimming through raging floods to rescue his terrified pet

 
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21 June 2013

As many as 100,000 people could be forced from their homes by heavy flooding in western Canada while mudslides forced the closure of the Trans-Canada Highway. Torrential rains and widespread flooding throughout southern Alberta washed out roads and bridges, left at least one person missing and caused cars to float away. Motorists who were trapped overnight by water spilling over Canada's main western highway had to be rescued by helicopter.

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