{"id":768234,"date":"2026-06-29T05:48:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768234\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T05:48:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T05:48:29","slug":"another-push-of-soaking-rains-in-alberta-keeps-flood-threat-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/768234\/","title":{"rendered":"Another push of soaking rains in Alberta keeps flood threat high"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The moisture continues to funnel north over the Prairies.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/4NOKZ9msRAjATpaSGVmu2S\/7ea52c1c893fd53492d053c231c013a4\/image16.png\" alt=\"Additional Alberta rainfall through Monday\" 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\/image16.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The heavy rain in Alberta is the remnants of the previous day\u2019s storms to the east. The low will remain clocked over Saskatchewan for the next 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>Widespread, non-severe storms are expected throughout central and southern Alberta, potentially boosting rainfall totals, especially on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>By Monday, the eastern blocking pattern begins to weaken, allowing the trough at the back of the lo- pressure system to shift southward, directing heavier bands of rain into southern areas and the foothills.<\/p>\n<p>Edmonton&#8217;s rainiest June on record now official<img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/2f4bb7Pm4U0FGNaFXptkXs\/09260e1932cd46792724caac63224296\/image9.png\" alt=\"Edmonton, Alta., (city) wettest June on record\" 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\/image9.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The city of Edmonton has officially seen the wettest June on record, and is 38 mm away from the wettest month on record.<\/p>\n<p>As of June 27, the city has recorded 244 mm of rain, beating its previous all-time June record of 216.5 mm in 1914.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The moisture continues to funnel north over the Prairies. The heavy rain in Alberta is the remnants of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[901,49,48,23752,3622,11696,18234],"class_list":["post-768234","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\/768234","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=768234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}