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Nov 17, 2021 · Nov 17 (Reuters) - Atmospheric rivers of the sort causing massive floods and mudslides in Canada's British Columbia are akin to a river in the sky, weather systems that carry up to 15 times the...
- The Storm
- The People and Animals Affected
- The People Helping
- The Damage
— 20: Rainfall records set Sunday as the storm rolled through southern B.C. — 24:Communities across the province that received more than 100 millimetres of rain in 48 hours, between 11 a.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. Monday. — 252 millimetres: Rainfall measured in Hope, B.C., in 48 hours. — 344 millimetres: Average rainfall for the entire month of Novemb...
— 17,775: People evacuated from their homes as of noon Wednesday as a result of the floods — enough people to fill nearly all of Rogers Arena in Vancouver. — 7,000: Estimated number of people evacuated from Merritt, B.C., alone on Monday, due to the rising Coldwater River. — 7:The minimum time in days before the people of Merritt will be able to go...
— 150:Volunteers who worked through the night to build a sandbag dam around the threatened Barrowtown Pump Station in Abbotsford, the failure of which would have been "catastrophic" for the already inundated Sumas Prairie. — 40,000: Sandbags delivered by Emil Anderson Maintenance on Tuesday night to protect the Barrowtown Pump Station. — 1: Small f...
— $1 billion:Estimated cost of flood damage in Abbotsford, B.C., according to the city's mayor. — $400 million:Estimated cost to repair the city's failed dikes, alone. — Hundreds: Farms affected by flooding, including some entirely underwater. — 24:Estimated closures on B.C. highways at one point due to rock or mudslides and flooding. — 6: Major hi...
2021 Pacific Northwest floods. Not to be confused with 2024 British Columbia floods. The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States.
Nov 17, 2021 · (Ben Nelms/CBC) THE LATEST: The B.C. government has declared a state of emergency effective noon PT Wednesday. The federal government has approved deployment of air force personnel to help...
Nov 19, 2021 · British Columbia storm triggers deadly mudslides. State of emergency declared after Canada storm. Climate change. Severe weather. British Columbia. Canada. The flooding in Canada's west may be...
Nov 20, 2021 · Rhianna Schmunk. November 20, 2021. In a matter of days, extreme rain swamped rivers and farmland across southern B.C. and triggered mudslides that blocked every major highway connecting the...
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Nov 23, 2021 · The images from Nov. 19, provided by the satellite company Maxar Technologies, shows vast areas of green farmland in the Sumas Prairie near Abbotsford, B.C. that are now covered in what appears...
