Abbotsford, Canada: Canada sent the military to help evacuate and support the community-hit by the “big disaster” flood after recording rainfall on the Pacific Coast triggered an emergency, said the government said Wednesday.
Rain in British Columbia this week was trapped by riders in Mudslides which left at least one dead and three lost, forced thousands to escape their homes, and cut Vancouver and its port.
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Washington ahead of a meeting with his US and Mexico colleagues, said heavy rain caused “historical and terrible floods that had disturbed the lives and took the lives of the people in BC.” “I can confirm there are hundreds of members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are currently heading to British Columbia to help everything start from supply to evacuation with whatever is needed,” he said.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan declares an emergency and imposes a travel ban, tells reporters “rain, wind, wind, wind and flooding” has destroyed the entire provincial community.
“” We hope to confirm more deaths in the coming days, “he added.
The extreme weather this week came after British Columbia suffered a high summer temperature which killed more than 500 people, and forest fires that destroyed a city.” Events- These events increased by regularly due to the impact of climate change caused by humans, “Horgan’s comments, only a few days after world leaders met at Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference.
On Tuesday afternoon heavy rain has given up.
It is estimated that 300 riders are stuck on the highway by landslides Has been flown to safety and some evacuation orders have been canceled.
But Henry Braun, Abbotsford mayor hit hard in East Vancouver, said direction: “We haven’t come out of this.” “If we have another weather event as we just passed, us Being at Doo Doo Doo, “he said.
Meanwhile, the search continues for The victim was more likely, after a woman’s body recovered from landslides near Lilloet, 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast Vancouver.
Kathie Rennie’s motorist told CBC public broadcaster, she witnessed “the whole side of the mountain went down and took out these cars …
everything was just swept away.
Just panic.” When the first snow commotion this season began to fall in the inland cities covered in mud and partially flooded, residents rushed for food, heat and water.
Many grocery store shelves are empty, because supply chain disorders cause panic purchases.
Horgan urges residents not to hoard: “You don’t need 48 eggs.
A dozen will do it, and leave the rest for others.” On the outskirts of Vancouver, livestock was withdrawn from hundreds of floods in Sumas Prairie – including a cow drawn behind the jet ski through one meter water to a higher place.
“We have thousands of animals that have perished,” with more in “difficult situations,” said Minister of Agriculture British Columbia Lana Popham.
Overnight almost 200 people were flown from the area to a safe place.
The main highway remains closed.
As a result, riders who want to travel to or from Vancouver must go south to the United States and return to Canada.
Landslides also cut the train traffic to and from Vancouver – one of Canada’s busiest goods transportation port.
“We work diligently to assess damage and ensure that we can get the supply road back in shape as soon as possible,” Horgan said.
“But his condition is severe.” The Canadian environment says up to 250 millimeters (almost 10 inches) rain – what regions usually get in a month – fall on Sundays and Mondays in and around Vancouver, which was also hit last week by rare tornadoes.
Meteorologists blame “atmospheric rivers,” or moisture pieces brought from the tropics to the pole, for flooding.