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Property damage. $2.5-7.5 billion [2] [3] [4] The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to ...
Nov 15, 2023 · Two years ago, what would soon become a historic atmospheric river made landfall in B.C. as nearly a month's worth of rain pounded down on the province in less than 48 hours.
Jun 3, 2024 · Nov. 16, 2021 - Stefan Labbé/Glacier Media. Buying out all the properties built in an old Abbotsford, B.C., lakebed hit by devastating floods in 2021 could cost nearly $1 billion. But that’s less than half of the $2.4-billion cost of the most expensive option put forward by the municipality to ward against future floods, a new study has found.
Oct 26, 2022 · A majority of Metro Vancouver residents now identify as a visible minority, according to terminology used by Statistics Canada in the 2021 census. New data from the census released Wednesday shows ...
Nov 18, 2021 · This handout photo taken and released on November 14, 2021 by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Safety shows a mudslide closing Highway 1 between Popkum and Hope, east of ...
Nov 4, 2021 · “The Fraser River that runs through Vancouver, B.C., at one location in that city, historical 100-year floodwaters rise to a depth of 2.07 metres (above normal, non-flood seasons). Under a scenario where climate change continues at the current rate of carbon emissions, floodwaters rise to a depth of 3.19 metres,” he said about some of the most vulnerable areas.
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Nov 16, 2021 · The flooding has also closed several highways in and around the greater Vancouver area, a major coastal city that is home to nearly 2.5 million people. Keep reading list of 3 items list 1 of 3
