Lower Fraser on alert, Boundary looks to begin recovery from B.C. floods
GRAND FORKS, B.C. — As efforts begin to shift from response to recovery in some British Columbia communities already gutted by flooding, hundreds of people in other areas of the province are ready to evacuate their homes at a moment’s notice.
Officials says the second catastrophic surge of flooding they anticipated for Friday and Saturday in the Boundary region, including the devastated community of Grand Forks, B.C., never came — thanks to lower temperatures and less rainfall than forecasted.
And while those areas are not in the clear yet — with 130 per cent more snowpack remaining at higher elevations than is typical for this time of year — officials are hopeful the worst is over.
“We are seeing those risk levels abetting and we’re working really hard to get everyone back in their homes,” said Chris Marsh, emergency operations centre co-ordinator for the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary.