Federal disaster aid program for 2021 B.C. floods now tops $1 billion
Federal disaster assistance to help British Columbia rebuild after devastating flooding in November 2021 now exceeds $1 billion, Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair said Thursday as he visited one of the cities hit hardest by the disaster.“They’ve had extensive damage,” he said. “I’ve met with people who are still waiting to get back into their homes, who are in interim housing 14 or 15 months after this event.
But the federal government estimated last year it could ultimately cost more than $5 billion to rebuild the province after a string of natural disasters in 2021, starting with a massive heat wave and deadly wildfires in June and July, and then flooding in November. In Abbotsford, several thousand people were forced from their homes when a series of dikes were breached, sending water cascading into the city. More than a year later, recovery is a work in progress.
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