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Rain in B.C. Triggers Evacuation Watches, Local State of Emergency in Fraser Valley
The emergency covers over 650 sq km with 1,500 residents facing flood, landslide, and mudslide risks amid atmospheric river storms, officials said.
- On Friday, The Fraser Valley Regional District declared a state of local emergency for Electoral Area E due to imminent threats from flooding, landslides, and mudslides; the order remains in effect until April 2.
- A series of atmospheric rivers rolling in from the Pacific since Sunday prompted the emergency declaration, leading the River Forecast Centre to upgrade streamflow advisories to a flood watch for the South Coast.
- Coquitlam recorded 133 millimetres of rain as of Thursday, while Maple Ridge and Burnaby Mountain saw 124 millimetres and 118 millimetres respectively; two evacuation alerts cover just under 40 homes in Electoral Area E.
- Emergency officials responded to a mudslide in Coquitlam on Thursday that stranded residents and damaged power lines; residents of affected properties must be ready to leave at a moment's notice.
- Meteorologist Brian Proctor expects the atmospheric river system to move out Friday, though the province requires a prolonged period of dry weather for conditions to stabilize; warnings remain active for the Fraser Canyon, Whistler, and Highway 1.
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Rain in B.C. triggers evacuation watches, local state of emergency in Fraser Valley
VANCOUVER - The risk of flooding, landslides and debris flows caused by an atmospheric river rolling over British Columbia's coast has prompted a local state of emergency in the Fraser
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