US EditionCommunity under state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
The emergency was declared due to unprecedented rain causing landslide and flood risks; two homes and local infrastructure were damaged, officials said.
- On Tuesday the Central Coast Regional District declared a state of local emergency for Martin Valley and issued evacuation orders and alerts, setting up an evacuation centre at the Old Bank Inn, Ocean Falls for evacuees to register.
- A series of atmospheric rivers dumped heavy rain, with Environment Canada reporting gauges recording over 295 millimetres and warning freezing level 2,500 metres is melting snowpack, increasing flood potential.
- Despite damage, most of the 21 residents in the evacuation area have stayed while a few went to the evacuation centre, after the CCRD engaged a geotechnical specialist on Mar 17, 2026, and professional advice recommended evacuation due to unknown life-safety risk.
- An evacuation order requires residents in part of Martin Valley to leave immediately, following evacuation route and guidance, while the BC River Forecast Centre downgraded a flood watch to a high streamflow advisory and Sasquatch Mountain ski resort closed until Friday.
- Video taken in the evacuation zone shows waterfalls cascading down house stairs and furniture floating in basements, as heaviest rainfall is expected Thursday night into Friday morning.
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Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast.
Community under state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend’s home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province’s central coast. Martson said Wednesday that the pounding B.C.’s Central Coast has taken from a series of atmospheric rivers is the worst he can remember. The […]
Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.'s coast – Energeticcity.ca
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend’s home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province’s central coast. The community is among the wettest in Canada with an average of 4,390 millimetres of rain per year, but Martson said Wednesday that the pounding the region has taken from a series of atmospheric rivers is the worst he can remember. “You have to understand we are in t…
Floating furniture and local state of emergency as rain pounds B.C.’s coast
Les Martson said he could see furniture floating in the basement of a friend's home when he surveyed the site of flooding near Ocean Falls, B.C., along the province's central coast. The community is among the wettest in Canada with an average of 4,390 millimetres of rain per year, but Martson said Wednesday that the pounding the region has taken from a series of atmospheric rivers is the worst he can remember. "You have to understand we are in t…
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