Merit: Port of vancouverCanada’s largest, on Tuesday, said floods and landslides cut all rail access to the east, a development that could affect shipments of grain, coal and potash.
The Globe and Mail newspaper said there had been a landslide on the road near Pemberton, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver, killing an unspecified number of people.
“Some people were discovered dead,” the report quoted local search and rescue manager David McKenzie as saying.
Mackenzie and British Columbia police did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Two days of torrential rains triggered major flooding in the Pacific province of British Columbia and closed rail routes operated by the country’s two largest rail companies, Canadian Pacific Railroad and Canadian National Railway.
“All rail services to and from Vancouver Harbor have been suspended due to flooding in the interior of British Columbia,” port spokesman Matty Polycronis said.
He said the floods also closed several highways, including all of Vancouver’s main thoroughfares. Provincial authorities are due to brief media at 6:30 a.m. EST (2330 GMT).
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau He said his liberal government was deeply concerned about the floods and would do everything possible to help.
The Port of Vancouver moves C$550 million ($440 million) in cargo each day, ranging from automobiles and containerized finished goods to essential goods.
The floods temporarily halted the movement of wheat and canola from Canada, one of the world’s largest grain exporters.
Dale Dosdall, senior export manager for grain handler Parish & Heimbaker, said he expected some rail service to run through the weekend, though another industry source said he expected a shutdown last week.
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Directly south of British Columbia, in Washington state, heavy rain forced evacuations on Monday and cut power to more than 150,000 homes. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood Tuesday over Mount Vernon, Washington, “due to the potential for a levee failure.”
Some areas of British Columbia received as much as 8 inches (200 mm) of rain on Sunday, which is usually a month.
officers meritoAbout 120 miles (200 km) northeast of Vancouver, city spokesman Greg Lowis said all 8,000 citizens were ordered to leave on Monday due to the rapid rise of river waters, but some were still trapped in their homes. City spokesman Greg Lowis said.
Snow lashed the city on Tuesday and some cars could be seen floating in flood waters, which were still 4 feet high in some parts.
The cities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford ordered partial evacuations on Tuesday.
rescue squad Armed with diggers and dogs, they began removing large mounds of rubble, which have blocked highways.
The landslides and floods come less than six months after wildfires ravaged an entire city, as temperatures in the province soared during a record-breaking heat dome.
The storm forced the closure of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which carries crude from Alberta to the Pacific Coast. The line has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
The Globe and Mail newspaper said there had been a landslide on the road near Pemberton, about 100 miles (160 kilometers) northeast of Vancouver, killing an unspecified number of people.
“Some people were discovered dead,” the report quoted local search and rescue manager David McKenzie as saying.
Mackenzie and British Columbia police did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment.
Two days of torrential rains triggered major flooding in the Pacific province of British Columbia and closed rail routes operated by the country’s two largest rail companies, Canadian Pacific Railroad and Canadian National Railway.
“All rail services to and from Vancouver Harbor have been suspended due to flooding in the interior of British Columbia,” port spokesman Matty Polycronis said.
He said the floods also closed several highways, including all of Vancouver’s main thoroughfares. Provincial authorities are due to brief media at 6:30 a.m. EST (2330 GMT).
In Ottawa, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau He said his liberal government was deeply concerned about the floods and would do everything possible to help.
The Port of Vancouver moves C$550 million ($440 million) in cargo each day, ranging from automobiles and containerized finished goods to essential goods.
The floods temporarily halted the movement of wheat and canola from Canada, one of the world’s largest grain exporters.
Dale Dosdall, senior export manager for grain handler Parish & Heimbaker, said he expected some rail service to run through the weekend, though another industry source said he expected a shutdown last week.
abandonment
Directly south of British Columbia, in Washington state, heavy rain forced evacuations on Monday and cut power to more than 150,000 homes. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood Tuesday over Mount Vernon, Washington, “due to the potential for a levee failure.”
Some areas of British Columbia received as much as 8 inches (200 mm) of rain on Sunday, which is usually a month.
officers meritoAbout 120 miles (200 km) northeast of Vancouver, city spokesman Greg Lowis said all 8,000 citizens were ordered to leave on Monday due to the rapid rise of river waters, but some were still trapped in their homes. City spokesman Greg Lowis said.
Snow lashed the city on Tuesday and some cars could be seen floating in flood waters, which were still 4 feet high in some parts.
The cities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford ordered partial evacuations on Tuesday.
rescue squad Armed with diggers and dogs, they began removing large mounds of rubble, which have blocked highways.
The landslides and floods come less than six months after wildfires ravaged an entire city, as temperatures in the province soared during a record-breaking heat dome.
The storm forced the closure of the Trans Mountain pipeline, which carries crude from Alberta to the Pacific Coast. The line has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day.
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