With large parts of British Columbia under flood risks, residents should ready ‘pack and go’ bags in case of emergency, Minister urges
and now communities are bracing for heavy rains this weekend that could feed significant flood hazards.
Susan McMillan, manager of Grubstake Food Mart and owner of Susan’s Sweets & Savories in Cache Creek, was only able to watch as the spring flooding took over her village. Five years ago, Mr. Ranta went to the provincial government with a map to show what needed to be fixed to reduce the annual flood risk. A weir on private property that had been managed by local ranchers to control the flow of Cache Creek needed maintenance. But he said that work wasn’t done.
The province has been promising for at least three years to fix the fragmented system of flood protection that is managed at the community level. Ms. Ma again promised the reforms are coming – but not in time to prepare for this week’s rapid snowmelt triggered by extreme weather. The federal and provincial governments contributed more than $50-million for flood mitigation measures in Grand Forks, mostly for new dikes but also to convert the low-lying residential area of North Ruckle into a floodplain to let the river expand during a flood.
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