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By Liam Verster-Vernon Matters

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM MEETING

Sicamous meeting to inform residents of landslide warning system

Mar 31, 2022 | 11:29 AM

SICAMOUS, B.C. — The District of Sicamous will hold a Two Mile Community Meeting to inform residents of a new system designed to provide warnings of possible landslides.

The early warning system is being implemented to reduce the risk to the public from post-wildfire landslides in the Wiseman Creek area.

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The meeting will go over how the system works; what it means for residents in the area; and an action plan moving forward into spring flooding from heavy rain and snowmelt.

There will also be an opportunity for residents to ask questions during the meeting.

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The Two Mile Community Meeting will be held at the Sicamous Seniors Centre at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 31.

The meeting will also be available virtually through Zoom.

The early warning system is a software program designed to use weather forecasting data to determine whether an evacuation alert or order should be issued for a specific area.

It’s being funded through a $30,000 provincial grant after a geotechnical study determined that damage caused to the landscape from the Two Mile Road wildfire last summer made the slopes above the Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park unstable and a risk of landslides.