Evacuation alert issued for mobile home park in B.C. Interior
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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District said the threat of a landslide near Wiseman Creek in the District of Sicamous is increasing and may pose a risk.
A landslide threat has prompted an evacuation alert for a mobile home park in B.C.’s Southern Interior.
On Thursday morning, the Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) issued the alert for Sicamous Creek Mobile Home Park.
The regional district said the threat of a landslide near Wiseman Creek in the District of Sicamous is increasing and may pose a risk.
The alert affects only the mobile home park along Highway 97A, and all residences in it, from Unit 1 through 27.
The alert comes less than two months after the CSRD announced that provincial funding had been secured for an early warning system.
Last summer, the Two Mile Road wildfire scorched the area, forcing around 1,000 people from their homes.
An ensuing geotechnical engineering study determined that the slopes above the mobile home park are now unstable, with residents at risk of a debris flood and possibly a debris flow.
In issuing the alert, the CSR said “an evacuation alert is a warning about a potential threat to life and/or property. It is intended to give you time to be ready for a possible evacuation. Residents will be given as much advance notice as possible prior to evacuation, however, you may receive limited notice due to changing conditions.”