BC Issues Flood Warning, Watches After Landslide Blocks River, Forces Evacuations

Published on August 1, 2024

British Columbia’s Ministry of Land and Water says personnel are conducting assessments near a landslide that blocked the Chilcotin River in the province’s Interior, including to understand risks that might exist downstream. A government statement says the landslide on July 31 blocked the river that feeds into the Fraser River, and a sudden release of water “may cause rapid rises in river levels downstream along the Fraser River” south to Hope, B.C. The River Forecast Centre has issued a flood warning for the Chilcotin River upstream of the landslide and a flood watch downstream. A flood watch is also in place for the Fraser River from the Chilcotin River confluence to Hope as well as a high streamflow advisory for the Fraser River west of Hope....

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