Search and evacuations continue in flood-stricken western Canada

The search for survivors continued this Thursday in western Canada, affected for several days by serious floods and landslides, while hundreds of people were evacuated from an isolated area due to rising waters.

Torrential rains that fell within hours since Sunday in British Columbia have caused landslides, destroyed roads and infrastructure and drowned entire cities.

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Rescuers were still searching for four missing people near Pemberton, northeast of Vancouver, where the body of a woman was found.

“We are doing everything possible” in difficult conditions, Chris Manseau, spokesman for the British Columbia federal police and in charge of the rescue, told AFP.

According to local authorities, the preliminary balance is one person dead and thousands of evacuees.

Flooding covers Trans Canada Highway 1 after devastating rain storms near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure / REUTERS). (BC TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY /)

On Wednesday, Ottawa sent the army to reinforce the province, which declared a state of emergency.

A little further south in Hope, 200 passengers on a train were evacuated due to rising water levels.

In Abbotsford, southeast of Vancouver, where some 600 people have already been evacuated, Mayor Henry Braun warned that his city was “far from overcoming the situation (…) We expected between 80 and 100 mm” of precipitation.

Severe flooding remnants are seen in the Sumas Prairie area of ​​Abbotsford, British Columbia, south of a closed Hwy 1. (Photo: PHILIP MCLACHLAN / AFP) (PHILIP MCLACHLAN /)

In the almost deserted streets, many residents came on Thursday to help the elderly or peasants in difficulty, the AFP found.

Some of the worst affected are farmers and dairy farm owners, who have even lost drowned animals in recent days.

Highway 5 from Coquihalla is cut off at Sowaqua Creek after devastating rainstorms caused flooding and landslides, northeast of Hope, British Columbia, Canada. (Photo: Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure / REUTERS). (BC TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY /)

Another point of concern in the region is the port of Vancouver, which handles around 3.5 million containers each year, and which experienced “major disruptions in rail and road traffic” due to flooding.

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