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20 evacuation centres open in B.C. for rescued motorists, residents escaping
November 16, 2021 The Canadian PressAGASSIZ, B.C. – Melanie Forsythe’s drive home from Vancouver to Hope, B.C., had her making at least five detours as torrential rain washed out a bridge, closed roads and trapped her overnight between two mudslides before a helicopter landed on…
Heavy rain sets off flooding, rocks and mudslides in southern B.C.
November 15, 2021 The Canadian PressVANCOUVER – A local state of emergency has been declared in part of British Columbia’s eastern Fraser Valley where unrelenting rainfall caused flooding, mud and rock slides and the closure of highways to and from the southern Interior. Environment…
B.C. homes on flood evacuation alert as dam weakens, water levels rise
April 17, 2018 The Canadian PressOLIVER, B.C. – Flooding across the British Columbia Interior has washed out roads and put homes on evacuation alert. The Ministry of Transportation says Highway 33 from the Mission Creek Bridge to Kelowna is closed in both directions due to…
Portions of south, central interior B.C. remain under evacuation alert or order after recent flooding
May 8, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAreas in the south and central interior of British Columbia remain under evacuation alert or evacuation order after recent flooding events and there is potential for increased snowmelt and further precipitation and flooding next week, the provincial Ministry of Transportation…
Officials track slow Washington landslide near 2014 disaster
April 11, 2017 The Associated PressOSO, Wash. – A slow-moving landslide near the site of a Washington state mudslide that wiped out a neighbourhood and killed 43 people in 2014 has prompted officials to close a state highway as a precaution and recommend evacuations for…