Heavy rainfall in Canada: Heavy rain is forecast again in Western Canada next week.
Ottawa:
Canada’s westernmost province of British Columbia is bracing for another downpour that officials said Sunday could be as bad or worse than a downpour that caused massive flooding and deadly landslides. two weeks ago.
“We are in the midst of one of the most intense series of storms we have ever seen along the BC coast,” British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth told a news conference.
The next storm to make landfall in the Pacific, he said, is expected late Monday through Wednesday, “probably the most intense storm since the original storm made landfall two weeks ago.” prior to.”
The minister said the situation was “unsettled” and warned people to prepare for more evacuation orders, possible flooding and closure of highways.
British Columbia was hit by record rainfall in mid-November, causing widespread flooding and landslides. Severe weather damaged and destroyed roads and bridges, forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and left at least four dead and one missing.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited the affected areas on Friday, after deploying the military to help pack sandbags.
“Extreme weather events will become more frequent,” he warned.
This weekend so far has seen up to 130 mm (five inches) of rain fall in parts of British Columbia, plus 30 mm of snow melt adding to runoff in already high rivers.
Officials said localized flooding had been reported in communities near Vancouver, while small landslides again hit some highways into the city, leaving rocks, trees and other debris behind. other debris.
“A river with atmospheric potential is developing in the Pacific Ocean … (has) the potential to become an extreme storm” as it makes landfall, said Ted White of the Center for River Prediction. immediately.
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