Rescuers work to reach up to 275 people trapped on a British Columbia highway after hammering rain
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Rescuers in British Columbia are working to reach up to 275 people who have been trapped on a highway as the result of two mudslides, according to CNN Canada news partner CBC News.
Up to 50 of those trapped on Highway 7 east of Vancouver are children, officials said.
David Boone, the director of Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search and Rescue, told CBC News on Monday that fire crews had already rescued at least 14 people trapped in vehicles.
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