Residents told to be prepared to evacuate as heavy rainstorms forecast for parts of B.C.

Rainstorms of increasing intensity are forecast to hit British Columbia over the coming days, prompting warnings for people to be prepared to evacuate.

Officials provide an update on the flooding response in B.C. as the province braces itself for more storms, which are expected to sweep over areas of the province already struggling to recover last week’s floods.Surging rivers and heavy rain caused floods and mudslides that damaged and closed some major highways, forced the evacuation of the city of Merritt and left low-lying sections of the Abbotsford-Chilliwack area, the heartland of B.C.

One day earlier, the company had said it was optimistic it could restart the pipeline at a reduced capacity by the end of the week, moving crude oil to a refinery that is the main supplier of gasoline products for Metro Vancouver. Environment Canada said the first of the three expected storms had eased by early Friday, but had drenched the Abbotsford area with 55 millimetres of rain since Wednesday night.

Everything depends on the weather when re-establishing vital highway links and interrupted supply chains, said Fleming. But he noted a major section of the Trans-Canada Highway between Abbotsford and Chilliwack had reopened.

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