{"id":751061,"date":"2026-06-21T06:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751061\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T06:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T06:54:11","slug":"major-rainfall-raises-flood-risk-in-alberta-through-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/751061\/","title":{"rendered":"Major rainfall raises flood risk in Alberta through Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Moderate instability and a stationary front may give rise to some thunderstorms across southern Saskatchewan. Small hail, gusty winds, and heavy rainfall will be the primary hazards with these storms.<\/p>\n<p>Cooler temperatures could bring some wet snow above 2200 metres in the Rockies, with the wintry precipitation tapering off by Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Will this rain set any new records?<\/p>\n<p>Rainfall totals may exceed 100 mm across the Edmonton area.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/35xTTOKPGnge6GQFvxmNpI\/e506b39b8d5e10ff7a1509e3ee47d816\/Alberta_Rainfall_Accumulation_Through_Sunday.png\" alt=\"Alberta Rainfall Accumulation Through Sunday\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Alberta_Rainfall_Accumulation_Through_Sunday.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A swath of 50-75 mm of rain may fall across a region extending from Hinton in the west to Lloydminster in the east, and from Red Deer in the south to Athabasca in the north.<\/p>\n<p>While significant river flooding is not in the forecast, localized flooding will remain a concern, especially in urban areas such as Edmonton proper. Downpours can cause ponding on roadways, as well as swift runoff that can overwhelm storm drains.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/7wwmS2I5iuBbna002bYhq6\/825656ea285c3f5bfc3ac50bb865e015\/Edmonton_Biggest_Daily_June_Rainfalls.png\" alt=\"Edmonton Biggest Daily June Rainfalls\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Edmonton_Biggest_Daily_June_Rainfalls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Given the extent and duration of the heavy rain expected, Sunday could end up as a top-ten rainiest June day in Edmonton. The gauges have to pick up more than 46.7 mm of rain on Sunday to push the date onto that top-ten list.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH: El Ni\u00f1o is officially here and it may make history<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Moderate instability and a stationary front may give rise to some thunderstorms across southern Saskatchewan. Small hail, gusty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":751062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[901,49,48,23752,3622,11696,18234],"class_list":["post-751061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-alberta","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton","tag-flood","tag-rain","tag-thunderstorm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=751061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/751061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/751062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=751061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=751061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=751061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}