Nine homes evacuated; state of emergency declared
KAMLOOPS — Twenty-two Kamloops residents remain out of their homes at this hour after sloughing of a nearby hillside past Rayleigh has made for slope instability.
The city declared the local state of emergency before 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, identifying a significant change in the landscape since a landslide in the area on April 10. The city says the heavy precipitation the area’s received has softened the hillside.
“We had brought in geotechnical experts to be on site and monitor the slope walking through the area,” said Emergency Operations Centre Information Officer Tammy Robertson, referring to the slide three weeks ago. “They were monitoring and noticed there’s been more movement in the last week that’s brought us to today.”