People in the British Columbia community of Grand Forks are hustling to get ahead of a deluge of melting snow and rain after learning a costly lesson about…
Baker says residents and officials in Grand Forks are keeping a close eye on the weather and focusing on areas of the downtown to protect businesses and infrastructure from rising waters in the Kettle and Granby rivers.
Mayor John Ranta said that what’s normally babbling brook has become a raging river and setting up barriers hasn’t kept the floodwaters at bay. To the east, the Okanagan Indian Band placed several properties on evacuation order in the neighbourhood of Parker Cove, west of Vernon, where it says floodwaters from Whiteman Creek have eroded land and undercut trees.
He said his daughter’s home was affected in the last major flood, giving the mayor both a personal and professional perspective on the stress of dealing with catastrophes.Article content
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