B.C. weather warnings ease as province begins to assess flood damage
CTV
Several weather warnings in British Columbia were eased Tuesday morning, following days of torrential rain which washed out sections of major highways and caused severe flooding in several communities.
B.C. residents will begin to get a sense of the damage caused by a weather pattern known as an "atmospheric river," which dumped more than double the single-day record of rainfall in some areas of the province, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada.
As of Tuesday morning, snowfall and winter storm warnings replaced rainfall advisories for multiple regions including Fraser Canyon and Fraser Valley, along the Coquihalla Highway from Hope to Merritt.
"A weakening upper trough will push across the southwestern interior this morning," the national weather agency said in a statement. "Further snowfall amounts of 5 cm are expected before noon with some flurries lingering into the afternoon."
A massive rescue effort began late Sunday to help hundreds of people who were left stranded on B.C. highways after the storm triggered several mudslides, landslides and rockslides in the province.
