Early morning evacuation order issued as flood waters threaten Slave Lake

Flood waters are beginning to recede near the town of Slave Lake after overland flooding prompted an early morning evacuation order and flooding shut Highway 2.
Residents in the Eating Creek and Marten Beach were told at 2 a.m. Tuesday to leave their properties within 30 minutes before egress roads in the area became undrivable because of deteriorating conditions.
An Alberta Emergency Alert said the level of the Marten River was rising “due to heavy rainfall and log jams and is causing loc