The District of North Vancouver has ordered three homes evacuated in Deep Cove over concerns debris left behind from last weekend's atmospheric river could pose a safety risk.
RELATED: Even though the rain has stopped, the destructive atmospheric river is still having an impact. As Alissa Thibault reports, a North Vancouver woman has left her home amid concerns it's structurally unsound, and residents in the Woodlands community fear more rain in the forecast could spell disaster.
A statement late Saturday from the district says that during the heavy rain, debris filled the channels of Ostler and Panorama Creeks “limiting their capacity to withstand future heavy rainfall events.”out of an abundance of caution after geotechnical consultants advised that the extent of debris could pose a “life safety risk” to adjacent properties.
The district says the decision to declare a state of local emergency and a mandatory evacuation order is not taken lightly, and that residents of those properties are eligible to receive emergency support services.How a paper bag contract at the LCBO sent the Ford government scrambling
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