Ottawa: relentless rain stunning the Pacific Coast of Canada on Monday, forcing the evacuation of the city and traps of motorists as landslides, rocks and debris washed on the main highway.
About 275 people, according to local media, was trapped overnight in their car between two landslides on 7 highway near the city of Agassiz in British Columbia.
Since the morning, additional Mudslida near Lillooet and Haig lowered more tourists, the provincial public security minister, Mike Farnworth, told a press conference.
Meanwhile, Merritt – around 300 kilometers (185 kilometers) from the beach – ordered the evacuation of all 7,000 of its citizens after the flood compromising local wastewater treatment plants and abolished two bridges.
Barricades also rises limiting access to the city.
Farnworth said the search and rescue crew were sent to people free to get stuck for hours without food or water in 80 to 100 cars at Highway 7.
“Many people have been saved by helicopters from Mudslida near Agassiz and hope with the crew working to save people -Porang left in the next few hours, “he said.
Those trapped in 50 vehicles in Lillooet landslides were all saved, while efforts were being carried out to free a number of people who were not determined on the song Haig, he added.
Video recordings showed a military helicopter that landed on a highway covered in mud and debris, to take stranded riders.
The British Columbia Emergency Health Service said it was carrying nine patients to the hospital with a light injury last night from Agassiz landslides.
Emergency centers are arranged for the population moved.
“Please stay safe,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Twitter message to British Columbians.
“We are ready to provide any assistance needed when you deal with and recover from these extreme floods and weather,” he said.
The Ministry of Transportation British Columbia said several highways were closed Monday.
“Heavy rain and subsequent Longslida / floods have had an impact on various highways in the BC interior,” he said.
Local utilities issue flood warnings because high water flows into the reservoir, and says it is working to restore strength to thousands of exposed to blackouts.
The construction of the Trans Mountain Pipe connects Alberta oil Sands to the Pacific Coast is also paused, a corporate spokesman told AFP, “because of the flood and debris widespread.” In Abbotsford, outside Vancouver, the authorities ordered more than 100 houses evacuated in several environments threatened by floods and landslides, while television images showed a farm in the fraser valley under water.
Meteorologist Tyler Hamilton commented on social media that Abbotsford in the last 140 days had experienced the hottest days and the trial had ever existed.
The Canadian environment says up to 250 millimeters (almost 10 inches) rain – what regions usually get in a month – are expected at the end of the day in and around Vancouver, which was also hit last week by a rare tornado.
Extreme weather came after British Columbia suffered the highest record temperature during the summer which killed more than 500 people, and forest fires that destroyed a city.