While many parts of the western Washington began to dry out Tuesday after a storm that left rain for daysAs water continued to rise in some areas, authorities urged more people to evacuate, and crews were trying to restore power and reopen roads.
The authorities in the small town of Sums, Washington, near the Canadian border, described the damage as devastating. Hundreds of people had been evacuated and around 75% of the houses had suffered water damageauthorities said Tuesday on Facebook.
The event was reminiscent of the record in western Washington, severe flooding in November 1990, when two people died and more than 2,000 evacuated, according to authorities.
“These families and businesses need our prayers and support as we begin the cleanup and rebuilding process in the coming days.“Said the post on Facebook.
Across the border the body of a woman was recovered from a landslide northeast of Vancouver, in British Columbia. The landslide near Lillooet it was triggered by record rains. There was at least two other missing, according to the Canadian Mounted Police.
The waters of the Sumas River rose rapidly in the state of Washington and surpassed rescuers in Abbotsford, British columbia, where I know 1,100 homes evacuated. Those neighbors joined other thousands of people in the province forced to leave their homes due to floods or landslides since Sunday night.
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The Mayor of Abbotsford, Henry braun, said Tuesday that authorities were having trouble getting people to evacuation points because there were impassable roads.
Southwest of Sumas, Washington, a 59 year old man Everson identified Tuesday by police as Jose Garcia was still missing after the water washed his truck into a flooded field and the man grabbed onto a tree.
The work crews partially reopened the main north-south highway on the west coast, Interstate 5, near Bellingham, Washington, which had been completely cut off overnight by landslides. Northbound lanes remained closed Tuesday night, and work continued.
Canada’s two largest railroads expected to take several days to bring the tracks into operation in southern British Columbia and unblock the movement of freight from the port of Vancouver.
In the town of Ferndale, in northern Washington, authorities urged people to evacuate businesses and homes in an area near the Nooksack River, which came down grown.
The rains were due to an atmospheric river, a huge mass of moisture that stretched over the Pacific and into Washington and Oregon.
It was the second serious flood incident in less than two years in the area Northwest Washington State, and the climate change fuels more extreme and frequent weather eventsWhatcom county officials told the Bellingham Herald.
(With information from AP)
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