Vows to do better after catastrophic floods in 2021 have not resulted in coherent provincewide flood mitigation strategy
This week, residents of Merritt, B.C., were anxiously watching the two rivers that wind through their city. Hundreds are still displaced from a flood 18 months ago that forced the entire community to evacuate. Those back in their homes are putting their trust in temporary dike repairs completed in the midst of that emergency.
And this week, the annual freshet, when waterways swell with melted snow and ice, arrived abruptly in B.C., bringing flooding and mudslides, and the threat of worse to come with forecasts of rainstorms on the way. “We have 37 people that can’t live in their home, can’t sell their property, can’t get on their property and they’re living in limbo at this point,” Mr. Goetz said. “We can’t fix the dikes until we buy out the homes owned by these people, and the municipality simply does not have that kind of money.”
Just months before the 2021 floods, another report warned that “most of the dikes in the province do not fully meet provincial standards,” and would likely breach even during relatively weak storms.
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