Montreal: Officials in Western Canada which were hit by flooding announced the restriction of Friday’s travel and fuel because the area wrestling with supply difficulties, the latest about the list of struggles caused by heavy rain.
Rain Record Hit Southwestern British Columbia Hit Sunday and Monday resulted in landslides and floods that destroyed the road and infrastructure and force the closure while the Trans Mount Trans.
“We ask people to limit fuel consumption and current vehicle trips and place orders under the provincial emergency to support this,” Mike Farnworth, the provincial public safety minister, said at a press conference.
Individuals will no longer buy more than 30 liters (eight gallons) fuel while going to the pump.
“We ask people not to travel through a very affected area – for their own well-being, but also to ensure the fuel we do towards the services needed by people in this crisis,” Farnworth said.
“These steps will move commercial traffic, stabilize our supply chain and ensure everyone comes home safely,” he added.
The authorities are still looking for four missing people in the Pemberton area, where a woman’s body was found this week by aid workers.
The army, which has been mobilized since Wednesday, works in several regions in the province to clear the road and build a new embankment in Abbotsford, which is partly submerged and can be subject to further rain estimates for next week.
About 60 soldiers arrived in the city on Thursday.
“Quite a lot of every military base in this country stands to be ready to spread if they have to be,” Pamela Hogan, a public affair officer with the Canadian Armed Forces, told AFP.
“Members of the Canadian Armed Forces will help civil engineers responsible for the embankment building,” he said.
Heavy rain is expected to return in the area next week.
Within a few months the Pacific Coast of Canada has suffered a recurring natural disaster, including extreme summer heat at the end of June which experts are associated with climate change, followed by major forest fires.