Heavy rain has Edmonton restoration businesses busy dealing with flooded basements
Posted June 2, 2026 6:20 pm.
Last Updated June 2, 2026 6:41 pm.
Heavy rainfall this week is continuing to cause issues in the Edmonton region. In St. Albert, a trail is completely closed after a wastewater pipeline burst Monday, flooding the trail and the nearby Sturgeon River with sewage.
This portion of the Red Willow Trail System is closed, with officials telling people to stay away from the Sturgeon River while they test for health impacts.
Despite the nearby damage, some are welcoming the rain.
“I really think the trees needed it. They needed a good soaker. I really thought two days of a good soaker, it’s perfect,” said Pat Rolheiser, a St. Albert resident.
Environment Canada says the Edmonton region is being hit with half a month’s worth of rain in just one week, and that means an uptick in business for ServiceMaster Restore.
“So, last week we could get anywhere from five to 15 jobs in a day. This week, we’re probably going to get over 50 jobs every day for the next week,” explained Jason Miller, the VP of client relations at ServiceMaster Restore of Edmonton.
Miller says they are seeing a lot of flooded basements and are getting new jobs every five to ten minutes.
It’s not just flooded basements; Edmonton has been dealing with localized flooding on the roads. The City says there is good news on the Yellowhead, which was able to re-open to traffic Tuesday morning after Monday’s flooding that shut down lanes between 97 Street and 124 Street.
“That’s unusual. It doesn’t happen very often. Usually around here. That’s usually more of a Calgary thing … I think this is just kind of like one of those freak things. It’s not really consistent enough for us to see this as like a consistent changing pattern,” said Bitty MacKinnon, an Edmontonian.
Don Craig, another Edmontonian, said, “City engineering. You know they got to figure something out cause it’s on that heavy rain. You got a couple inches, you know, at once, and you got the underpasses flooded, overpass is flooded or whatever and stuff, so it’s just a matter of the City taking control of that.”
The City stressed the road will be less likely to flood once construction is done.
Despite that, the wet weather did not put a damper on soccer fans as over 46,000 put on their raincoats and flocked to Commonwealth Stadium Monday night to watch Canada beat Uzbekistan, 2-0, in a FIFA friendly match.
As for the forecast, be ready for more rain. Meteorologists say we may get a break with some sunshine Thursday, but are forecasting more rain Friday through Sunday.
