It's coming up to peak flood season in BC with extra thick snowpack melting into rivers. On top of that, an atmospheric river is coming.
Conditions at a Canadian pump station improved over night after they officials issued an evacuation order that had Whatcom residents concerned of more flooding.
All 275 people were expected to be rescued by the end of Monday, said B.C. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, adding that there had been no reported fatalities. The Agassiz fire department was credited with saving 12 people Sunday night in “treacherous conditions,” as their vehicles filled with debris and water.
Extreme rain swamped rivers and farmland across southern B.C. and triggered mudslides that blocked every major highway connecting the Lower Mainland to the rest of the country in November 2021. This is a timeline of the first week of the crisis.
Long time White Rock resident and CBC Producer Joan Marshall reflects on what the pier has meant to her and her community.
Many communities have gone weeks without rain this month
Agassiz broke a record that goes back more than 100 years
Manila Clam (Venerupis philippinarum) Die-off observed - possibly related to freezing temperatures.
On a field trip with Northwest Indian College Geology class to Chuckanut Drive saw water with apparent difference in color.
Himalaya blackberry is an introduced, perennial, spreading shrub.
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