Rising: Stories of the 2013 Alberta Flood

When river levels in southern Alberta surged far beyond expectations in June 2013, an area the size of Nova Scotia was flooded, causing unprecedented devastation.An elderly woman and her son are forcedto flee as their home begins to give way tothe water. A homeless man searches thedark, empty streets for shelter. Emergencyresponders use boats to pluck residents fromhalf-submerged houses. Soldiers sandbag torescue houses from erosion, while communitieslarge and small rally to help their neighbours.These extraordinary portraits from a disasterform a glimpse of the remarkable time whenCalgary and southern Alberta were brought totheir knees and found a way to rise up again.