The Tsilhqot'in National Government says water has begun flowing overtop the landslide that dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River.
The Tsilhqot'in National Government says water has begun flowing overtop the landslide that dammed British Columbia's Chilcotin River.
Images posted online today by the province and aerial footage over the slide site shared by Nathan Cullen, B.C.'s water and resource minister, show water getting through the massive slide. B.C. officials issued an evacuation order for an area just north of where the Chilcotin River meets the Fraser River because of the danger of flooding caused by the landslide.
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