Bc Flood Damage

• Highway 1 through Fraser Canyon reopens to all traffic

  At noon on Monday, all traffic resumed on Highway 1 through the Fraser Canyon, restoring a critical route connecting the Lower Mainland to the B.C. Interior and North. 

  Traffic

  Jan 24, 2022
  
• B.C. flood victims eligible for support navigating recovery funding beginning Feb. 1

  Beginning Feb. 1, evacuees receiving Emergency Support Services since the Nov. 15 storms will be offered the expanded help through the Canadian Red Cross.

  Weather

  Jan 20, 2022
  
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• ‘Losses are enormous,’ says plaintiff in class-action lawsuit filed over B.C. flood damage

  The floods swallowed homes and vehicles in Sumas Prairie, drowned countless acres of farmland, destroyed crops, killed livestock, and displaced thousands of people.

  Weather

  Jan 11, 2022
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• November floods take hydro pole on ‘epic journey’ from B.C. Interior to U.S. border

  The pole, originally located next to the Nicola River, was found in Boundary Bay by the border between the United States and Canada, the utility said in a Tuesday news release.

  Weather

  Jan 11, 2022
• Sumas Prairie residents file class action lawsuit over damage caused by B.C. floods

  The plaintiffs allege local authorities and the province failed to adequately warn residents of the impending disaster, limiting their ability to save their belongings.

  Weather

  Jan 1, 2022
• B.C. extends state of emergency a third time due to lingering damage from floods, mudslides

  While evacuation orders have been rescinded throughout the province, thousands of British Columbians have been unable to return to or re-inhabit their waterlogged homes.

  Weather

  Dec 27, 2021
• Cars, couches, propane and fuel tanks among debris from record flooding in B.C.

  The mayor of Abbotsford says a second waste transfer station is expected to open for "mountains" of trash left outside homes after record rainfall drenched southern B.C.

  Weather

  Dec 16, 2021
• Engineers say better forecasting, warnings could protect B.C. from disasters

  Transportation engineer Amy Kim says lessons from the floods can be applied to protect critical infrastructure, including proactively closing highways.

  Weather

  Dec 15, 2021
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• B.C. welcomes federal government’s ‘initial’ $5 billion in flood disaster relief

  Record amounts of rainfall last month caused widespread floods and slides in southern B.C. that crippled transportation routes and forced thousands to leave their homes.

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  Dec 14, 2021
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• Only one evacuation order is left in B.C.’s flood-ravaged Sumas Prairie

  Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said he hopes to lift the final evacuation order in Sumas Prairie in the 'near future,' so the recovery phase of operations can begin.

  Weather

  Dec 8, 2021