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Flood conditions ease in parts of Abbotsford, but officials warn situation remains fragile as rain returns
Evacuation orders for 248 properties in Sumas Prairie were downgraded to alerts as flood waters recede but risks remain; 75 properties still under order, city officials said.
- On Sunday , the City of Abbotsford downgraded evacuation orders for 248 Sumas Prairie properties, including Castle Fun Park and Clarion Hotel, to alerts while urging residents to stay prepared.
- B.C.'s atmospheric rivers and saturated soils prompted rapid runoff and cross-border flooding in Sumas Prairie, and Kelly Greene, B.C. Emergency Management Minister, said `The ground is saturated in many areas`.
- Officials confirmed that Highway 1 eastbound between Whatcom Road and Number 3 Road is expected to fully reopen later today, and evacuation orders remain for 75 properties while 410 stay under Evacuation Alert.
- B.C. Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said six poultry farms were flooded last week with losses in the tens of thousands of birds, and one hog farm remains cut off with limited feed.
- An orange rainfall warning in the Fraser Valley forecasts 40 to 60 mm, the National Water Prediction Service projects slight river rises later today and on Dec. 17, and travel delays are likely.
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The cleanup is starting in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley as water that flowed across the border from the Nooksack River in Washington state recedes, but the flood threat remains for several B.C. rivers and has expanded to Metro Vancouver’s North Shore. B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Greene said the province’s south coast was hit by […]
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