Merritt Abandoned! but water is Dissipating #merrittbcflooding

B.C. flooding: Latest news and emergency alerts on evacuations, road closings and more Merritt, B.C. has been evacuated, hydro outages are affecting thousands, mudslides have sealed off highways and heavy rain threatens communities from Vancouver Island to the Alberta border. Here’s what you need to know B.C. floods: Latest news Wind and rain warnings were lifted across B.C. on Tuesday British Columbians assessed the damage to their neighbourhoods, roads and power grids from the torrential storms that flooded communities across the province. The storms broke 20 rainfall records in the Fraser Valley and beyond as an “atmospheric river” flowed across southern British Columbia, Environment Canada said. Search-and-rescue personnel headed back to a stretch of Highway 7 between Agassiz and Hope on Tuesday to search for people who may have been trapped by two mudslides that closed the road at both ends. Helicopter crews evacuated motorists from the highway on Monday, finding some injuries but no conf