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Cache Creek Flooding

PHOTOS: Cache Creek flooding worsens to ‘disaster’

May 3, 2023 | 11:34 AM

CACHE CREEK, B.C. — The flooding situation in Cache Creek has worsened since Tuesday (May 2), as flood waters are now running through a motel parking lot and directly through the local fire department hall.

Mayor John Ranta says it’s no longer an emergency situation — it’s a disaster.

Work is underway on Highway 97 where crews are looking to shore up the sides of the bank to prevent further erosion.

Image credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today
Image credit: Kent Simmonds/CFJC Today

BC Hydro reports 30 customers in Cache Creek have been without power since 10:20 a.m. Wednesday due to flooding at the Highway 1 and 97 junctions.

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Elsewhere, School District 74 Superintendent Teresa Downs said in a social media post that Cache Creek Elementary School is closed Wednesday due to the flooding in the community.

with files from Michael Reeve/CFJC Today