ABBOTSFORD, Canada: Canada is sending the military to help evacuate and support communities hit by"catastrophic" flooding after record rainfall on the Pacific coast triggered a state of emergency, the government said on Wednesday .that left at least one dead and three missing, forced thousands to flee their homes, and cut off Vancouver and its port.
British Columbia Premier John Horgan declared a state of emergency and imposed a travel ban, telling reporters"catastrophic" rains, winds and flooding"have devastated entire communities of our province".This week's extreme weather comes after British Columbia suffered record-high summer temperatures that killed more than 500 people, as well as wildfires that destroyed a town.
Motorist Kathie Rennie told public broadcaster CBC she witnessed"the whole side of the mountain coming down and taking out these cars ... everything just being swept away. Just complete panic".A house on a farm is surrounded by floodwaters in Abbotsford, British Columbia, on Nov 17, 2021. As the season's first snow flurries started falling over inland towns covered in mud and partially inundated, residents scrambled for food, heat and water.Horgan urged citizens not to hoard:"You do not need 48 eggs. A dozen will do, and leave the rest for somebody else."
Landslides also cut off rail traffic to and from Vancouver - one of Canada's busiest freight sea ports.
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