Abbotsford, Canada: Canada sent the military to help evacuate and support the society that was hit by a flood of “disaster”, with deaths is expected to increase after recording rainfall on the Pacific coast triggering emergencies Wednesday.
Officials said the downpours at British Columbia this week were trapped by riders in Mudslides who left at least one dead and four lost, forcing thousands of people to escape from their homes, and cut Vancouver and his port.
Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, in Washington ahead of a meeting with his US and Mexico colleagues, said heavy rain caused “historical and terrible floods that had disturbed the lives and took the lives of the people in BC.”
“I can confirm there are hundreds of members of the Canadian Armed Forces who are currently heading to British Columbia to help everything start from supply to evacuation with whatever is needed,” he said.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan declares an emergency and imposes a travel ban, tells reporters “rain, wind, wind, wind and flooding” has destroyed the entire provincial community. “
“We hope to confirm more deaths in the coming days,” he added.
This week’s extreme weather came after British Columbia suffered a fairly high summer temperatures that killed more than 500 people, and forest fires that destroyed a city.
“These events increase in order due to the impact of climate change caused by humans,” Horgan’s comments, only a few days after world leaders met at Glasgow for the COP26 climate conference.
Flown to safety
On Tuesday afternoon heavy rain has given up. It is estimated that 300 riders stuck on the highway by landslides have been flown to safety and some evacuation orders have been canceled.
But Henry Braun, Abbotsford mayor who was hit hard in East Vancouver, said briefing: “We haven’t come out of this.”
“If we have another weather event as we just passed, we are in Doo Doo,” he said.
Meanwhile, the search continued for more likely victims, after a woman’s body recovered from landslides near Lilloet, 250 kilometers (155 miles) northeast Vancouver.
Kathie Rennie’s motorist told CBC public broadcaster, she witnessed “the whole side of the mountain went down and took out these cars … everything was just swept away. Just panic.”
Canadian police, Sergeant Staff Janelle Shoihet told AFP at the end of Wednesday, “he received a fourth missing report related to Mudslide Lillooet.”
When the first snow commotion this season began to fall in the inland cities covered in mud and partially flooded, residents rushed for food, heat and water.
Many grocery store shelves are empty, because supply chain disorders cause panic purchases.
Horgan urges residents not to hoard: “You don’t need 48 eggs. A dozen will do it, and leave the rest for others.”
On the outskirts of Vancouver, livestock was withdrawn from hundreds of floods in Sumas Prairie – including a cow drawn behind the jet ski through one meter water to a higher place.
“We have thousands of animals that have perished,” with more in “difficult situations,” said Minister of Agriculture British Columbia Lana Popham.
Overnight almost 200 people were flown from the area to a safe place.