Water blocked by B.C. landslide expected to flow over top late Sunday night or early Monday, modelling shows

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Water blocked by B.C. landslide expected to flow over top late Sunday night or early Monday, modelling shows
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A government update issued late Sunday afternoon said the best and more-likely scenario is that it will take 12 to 24 hours for the trapped water to move past the blockage

A landslide along the Chilcotin River near Williams Lake, B.C. is shown in this Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 handout photo. Water that has been backed up by a massive landslide in B.C.’s central Interior is expected to overtop the natural dam late Sunday or early Monday and enter the riverbed below, according to government modelling.

, resulting in flows below typical freshet peaks on the Fraser River, but potentially more than seven times greater than the typical freshet peak flow in the Chilcotin River.

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