VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it's 'extremely unsafe' to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.
VANCOUVER — The B.C. government says it's"extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.
Officials say about 15 properties in the Cariboo and Thomson River Regional Districts are on evacuation order or alert, but Ma says people"recreating" on the rivers should leave immediately and not be on the water with boats or anywhere near where the rivers are expected to swell. An emergency alert issued by the province Monday said anyone along the banks of the rivers from Hanceville to the Fraser River, down to the Gang Ranch Road Bridge south of Williams Lake, must leave. Flooding and moving debris pose"a threat to human life," the alert said.
The Thompson-Nicola Regional District said all private properties within 300 metres of the banks of the Fraser River are on evacuation alert, including four addressed properties adjacent to the river, including two properties on Big Bar Road, one on Empire Valley-Big Bar Road, and another on Watson Bar Road.
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