China News Service, Toronto, November 17 (Reporter Yu Ruidong) The recent rare heavy rainfall is causing severe floods and geological disasters in many parts of Western Canada, British Columbia (also translated as British Columbia), and at least one person has died.
The continuous heavy precipitation began on November 14, causing floods, landslides, and mudslides in many places in the interior of British Columbia, the Fraser Valley and Vancouver Island.
The meteorological department once issued warnings of large areas of rain, snow, or storms.
On November 15, local time, British Columbia in western Canada was hit by heavy rain, and a large barge on the coast of Vancouver was blown to the shore.
According to reports, the rainfall in some parts of the province reached 200 mm in one day on November 14 local time, which is comparable to the rainfall in a month in the same area.
The severely affected city of Merritt had to ask all about 7,000 residents to evacuate on the 15th after the sewage treatment plant was completely paralyzed.
On the 16th, several cities and towns issued evacuation orders or closed schools.
The construction of oil pipelines in the inland areas of the province must also be stopped.
In Princeton, nearly 300 kilometers east of Vancouver, about 300 households needed to be evacuated at one time.
As the natural gas pipeline was damaged and interrupted in the flood, local residents will face heating problems in the next few days.
Highways in the southern part of the province were forced to close.
Some sections of the road were broken by floods, causing hundreds of motorists to be trapped for a long time, and the military had to send helicopters to rescue them.
In Vancouver, a barge rammed the sea embankment in strong winds on the 15th and ran aground.
On November 15, local time, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, the road was flooded after the heavy rain.
Near Lillooet in the Fraser Valley, the local RCMP confirmed on the 16th that the body of a woman who was killed in a mudslide has been found.
Since it has also received reports of other people missing, the police said that they did not rule out finding more victims.
The precipitation weakened on the 16th.
Most of the southern part of the province is already under the flood warning line.
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said in a phone call with British Columbia Governor John Horgan on the 16th that he is deeply concerned about the tens of thousands of people affected by floods and landslides. The federal government will provide assistance and post-disaster reconstruction. Provide assistance to British Columbia.
The two agree that such extreme weather events show that there is a need to increase the determination to deal with climate change.
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