Ashcroft RCMP confirm a 57-year-old woman is still missing following a mudslide on Highway 99 this weekend.
Another person remains in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
RCMP said the pair were in a yellow 1968 Morgan convertible that was swept away in a mudslide near Hat Creek Corner in Cache Creek on Saturday afternoon.
Officers found the 57-year-old male driver, who told them he was able to get out of the car, but his wife, Valerie Morris, was unaccounted for.
Morris is described as Caucasian, five-foot-two and 113 pounds with auburn hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen wearing light-coloured Capri pants, a black sun visor, bright red jacket and pink shirt.
Heavy rains in the region caused more than a dozen slides along the stretch of highway.
The highway between Hat Creek and Lillooet remained closed Monday morning as crews continued digging out mud and debris from the highway.
Highways 1 and 97 have re-opened near Clinton and Cache Creek but it could be days until crews clear Highway 99.
On Sunday, six people were evacuated from a home near Ashcroft due to a landslide triggered by wet weather.
Emergency Management BC said the RCMP were able to get the people out safely, and that there was no indication of anyone else who was trapped.
WATCH: Stormy weather causes more than a dozen mudslides near Cache Creek
Jim Burdeyney say his Loon Lake property suffered hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.
“It was just like a great, big roaring river,” he said of the mudslide.
The Burdeyneys have set up an online fundraiser to help pay for repairs to their property.
— With files from Tanya Beja
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