1 dead, 1 unaccounted for after home 'displaced' by B.C. mudslide
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A resident of a home impacted by a landslide near Lions Bay, B.C. on Saturday has been found dead, authorities confirmed.
A resident of a home impacted by a landslide near Lions Bay, B.C. on Saturday has been found dead, authorities confirmed.
The second resident of the home remains missing, the Squamish RCMP said in an update Sunday night.
Police said emergency crews found the person’s body Sunday and that the individual had succumbed to injuries.
“Emergency crews are continuing their search this evening for a second person associated with the home who remains unaccounted for,” B.C. RCMP spokesperson Cpl. Kames Grandy said in a news release.
The Sea to Sky Highway reopened Sunday morning but clean-up crews remain at the scene of the mudslide, he added.
According to the mayor of Lions Bay, the home was “displaced” in the slide.
“Several residents were evacuated as a precaution, and efforts to rescue others whose access has been cut off by the slide are ongoing,” Ken Berry wrote in a statement.
