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All of southwest BC under flood watch as 3rd consecutive storm rolls through - CBC.ca

All of southwest BC under flood watch as 3rd consecutive storm rolls through - CBC.ca

All of southwest BC under flood watch as 3rd consecutive storm rolls through - CBC.ca
Dec 01, 2021 1 min, 24 secs

The whole of southwest B.C., including Vancouver Island and the Central Coast, is under flood watch, with flood-soaked regions like the Fraser Valley and the Nicola Valley east of Vancouver set to receive up to 100 millimetres of rain, while snow is also expected at higher elevations. .

Up to 150 millimetres of rain is forecast for parts of Vancouver Island.

The current storm system affecting the province hit the Central Coast first before travelling south, leading to more evacuation orders in areas north of the Fraser Valley region and Metro Vancouver.

This includes the communities  of Hope, Mission, and Hatzic in the eastern Fraser Valley.

Some residents of Maple Ridge, just east of Vancouver, had warnings delivered to them due to potential floods.

Nearly all of the province is also at a high or extreme risk of avalanche due to warming temperatures, with the greatest dangers in places like the Sea to Sky region, north of Vancouver, the northwest coast and the northern Rockies.

A landslide early Wednesday morning has closed a section of Highway 7 in both directions near Maria Slough Bridge east of Agassiz. As of 7:45 a.m., the road had opened to single-lane alternating traffic in both directions.

No detour is currently available. Single lane traffic continues to alternate east of Agassiz.

The stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1) between Abbotsford and Chilliwack, crucial for connecting Metro Vancouver and the rest of the province, remains closed.

There is also a travel advisory for Highway 20 in the Bella Coola Valley area on the Central Coast.

Though Highway 3 between Hope and Princeton has been reopened, allowing for commercial vehicles and other essential travel, the storm has choked the province's supply chain.

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