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MLA Says Multiple Fatalities in Squamish Flood Zone After 'Boating Incident'
Several people were involved, and police said some reached safety as search crews and helicopters responded after heavy rain flooded the Sea-to-Sky region.
- On Thursday around 2 p.m., a boating incident in the Squamish Valley left two people dead and one person missing, Squamish RCMP reported.
- Several days of heavy rain pummeled the Sea-to-Sky region, swelling rivers; Environment and Climate Change Canada recorded 135 millimetres of rain at the Squamish Airport between Tuesday and Thursday.
- Search teams including Squamish Search and Rescue and North Shore Rescue gathered at the local airport Friday morning, continuing a "time-sensitive and complex response" with drone deployment.
- Legislator Jeremy Valeriote of West Vancouver-Sea to Sky said he is "devastated" by the deaths, noting the news brings "another layer of heartbreak to a community that has already been through so much."
- Flooding forced the closure of Highway 99 east of Pemberton, while more than 50 properties in the Lil'wat Nation and on Airport Road remain under evacuation orders.
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RCMP say two dead, one missing in raging B.C. floodwaters
SQUAMISH — RCMP say two people are dead and one person is missing after a boating tragedy in the Squamish Valley north of Vancouver, where a river is swollen by floodwaters and days of heavy rain.
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