Another summer storm hampers cleanup efforts in Chestermere

Another storm hit Chestermere on Tuesday and dumped rain and hail on streets and yards that were already saturated in water from the weekend.

Residents of Chestermere are still mopping up after a summer storm caused flooding on Sunday and with more rain in the forecast many are struggling to get the upper hand on the cleanup.

Residents are still hard at work cleaning up after the wild weather on Sunday, filling garbage bags and dumpsters with water-logged material and personal items.

City officials are calling the storm a historic event, one that the community only sees about once every 100 years.

About 300 homes were directly affected and basements and backyards quickly filled with water and back up from sewer systems.

The city says the main problem came from overland flooding as the sewer system just wasn’t built to handle so much storm water.

Ray Macintosh, with Chestermere Utilities Inc., says it would be impossible to fix the system. “You can’t retrofit a system. The pipe in the ground is as big as its going to get. You can’t redo that. It was designed for a 10 in 100 year storm, and we had beyond that. I’m crossing my fingers it doesn’t happen again.”

More rain hit the area on Tuesday and homeowners were faced with additional flooding.

The city says it is unknown how many homes are affected by this latest storm and officials are asking residents to follow a few guideines if they are experiencing flooding:

After flooding residents should:

Officials are also asking people to avoid driving through roads covered in water to avoid splashing water back onto properties.

The City of Chestermere is providing updates on the flooding on its website. Click HERE for more information.