‘High impression’ warning as heavy rains forecast to trigger extra flooding in B.C.

The B.C. authorities says heavy rains within the forecast might trigger extra flooding in low-lying areas in elements of the province.

The province says the Sumas and Chilliwack Rivers are nonetheless beneath flood warnings, and whereas it’s anticipated to be much less intense than the downpours final week that triggered widespread flooding in Abbotsford, Environment Canada is warning of “excessive impression” rainfall right this moment within the Fraser and Skagit valleys.

The metropolis’s mayor and hearth chief say they’re happy that Highway 1 was reopened in each instructions over the weekend, however dozens of properties are nonetheless beneath evacuation order with a whole lot extra nonetheless on alert after the flooding throughout the Sumas Prairie final week.

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The province says the flooding scenario from the approaching rains is unsure and difficult to foretell, and a few highways might must be closed on quick discover, together with Highway 5, the Coquihalla, Highway 1 by the Fraser Canyon and Highway 99 from Cache Creek to Pemberton.

Officials say Vancouver Island can be poised for heavy rainfall, and the province will likely be watching routes together with Highway 4, Bamfield Road and different roads as a result of doable landslides and falling timber from heavy winds.

Environment Canada has issued a slew of rainfall warnings throughout B.C., together with for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound and far of the province’s coast, with some areas anticipated to see as much as 80 millimetres of rain in increased elevations.