CALGARY -- Calgary's mayor says almost everyone in the city who fled last week's flood can return home.
Naheed Nenshi says only people who live in the downtown area and in a small area in the Inglewood neighbourhood east of the city's downtown are still being kept out.
Nenshi says people should stay away from the closed section of downtown so that the area can be re-opened as soon as possible.
He's warning that people need to be cautious as they return -- many houses won't have utility service.
About 75,000 people fled their homes last week as water spilled from the Bow and Elbow rivers, flooding many neighbourhoods.
Nenshi urged people to keep their spirits up as their neighbours experience the pain of returning to damaged homes.
He said he understood their frustration, but explained that the town's infrastructure had suffered a "critical blow" and every house needed to be inspected.
