Evacuation alerts for greater than 1,000 properties in Abbotsford, B.C., have been lifted as floodwaters recede, with a significant stretch of freeway reopening.
On Saturday night, Abbotsford mentioned 1,069 properties in Sumas Prairie West and Sumas Prairie East had been now not below evacuation alert.
People residing on one other 160 properties have been allowed to return residence, with evacuation orders downgraded to an alert. That contains most properties within the western portion of the evacuation order space as much as Angus Campbell Road, together with Huntingdon Village. Some properties north of Highway 1 are additionally included within the downgrade.
Evacuation orders stay in place for 325 properties all through Sumas Prairie.
In addition to ending the alerts for some properties, town says employees and Canada Task Force 1 carried out speedy injury assessments on properties impacted by the flooding to make sure residents may return safely.
Of the properties within the space downgraded, 32 properties had been assessed as inexperienced, that means re-entry was allowed on the homeowners’ discretion if the constructing is just not situated in an evacuation order space. One property was additionally assessed as yellow, by which entry is restricted relying on various situations. No properties got a purple evaluation, which might have barred entry until authorization was granted.
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A portion of Highway 1, the principle freeway linking B.C.’s South Coast to the remainder of Canada, has additionally reopened, in accordance with the B.C. authorities.
The province mentioned Saturday night that drivers travelling westbound by the Abbotsford space can stay on Highway 1, avoiding a detour through Highway 7.
According to a discover, crews have reopened the 2 westbound lanes of that stretch of freeway, which has been closed between Highway 11 and No. 3 Road.
The eastbound lanes of the freeway stay closed, the province mentioned, with crews set to reassess the highway at first mild. Those travelling this stretch will likely be required to proceed utilizing a detour through Highway 7. The Ministry of Transportation and Transit says it’s going to reopen these lanes as soon as it’s secure to take action.
While evacuation alerts and orders in Abbotsford are being rescinded or downgraded, different components of the area are nonetheless coping with the impacts of flooding.
B.C. Emergency Management Minister Kelly Green just lately mentioned about 450 properties have been evacuated province-wide, with the bulk in Abbotsford.
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