Evacuation orders and alerts continue as waters remain high
KAMLOOPS — The election was the furthest thing from many peoples’ minds in the Interior over the weekend, as high water created serious problems. Here are some of the updates for Monday morning. Other flood-related stories can be found on other sections of the CFJC Today website.
Traffic is moving on highway 8, 300 meters east of Lower Nicola at Aberdeen Road. It’s single lane, alternating traffic. The road had been closed most of the weekend, isolating Lower Nicola from Merritt.
An evacuation alert was issued for 41 homes in Mamit lake due to unstability at the Mamit Lake dam discovered on Saturday.
An evacuation alert is still in effect for a number of properties in the Mill Creek-Upper Nicola area.