Two bodies were recovered after a mudslide swept a home off its foundation in Lions Bay, B.C., during a powerful windstorm.
Search crews in Lions Bay, B.C., have recovered the body of a second person who was reported missing after a mudslide swept a home off its foundation one week earlier. Barbara Enns was found on Saturday, Lions Bay Mayor Ken Berry said in a letter to residents. Her husband, David Enns, was found on December 15. “This is a profound loss for the family, friends, neighbours and all of the Village of Lions Bay residents,” Mr. Berry wrote.
“We join together in our sorrow and send our love to the family.” The mudslide occurred on December 14 as a powerful windstorm battered the south coast and Vancouver Island. Environment Canada reported wind gusts of 96 kilometres per hour in Tsawwassen and 115 kilometres per hour on Saturna Island, and BC Hydro said more than 320,000 customers had lost power. A woman in Surrey died after being struck by a falling tree branch. The mudslide that displaced the Enns’s home on Glendale Avenue sent a torrent of debris onto the Sea to Sky Highway, forcing the overnight closing of the route connecting Vancouver and Whistler. Lions Bay declared a local state of emergency on December 15, allowing the village to access more provincial resources and expertise. A 2018 report commissioned by the village, intended to guide new housing development, found that many housing lots are “apparently vulnerable to multiple geohazards, including ocean, creek and hillslope hazards,” The Globe and Mail The report by Cordilleran Geoscience noted that, up to that point, Lions Bay could ask for individual risk assessments from real estate developers under provincial legislation. But, the report said, Lions Bay did not have an overall picture of the risks posed to the community, which was established before such threats were regularly considered by its city hall. Mr. Berry had said last week that he was not familiar with that report. An investigation into the cause of the mudslide is under way. On Sunday, B.C
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