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The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and northwestern United States.
A historic storm that produced epic amounts of rainfall triggered devastating, widespread flooding across portions of the northwestern United States and British Columbia, Canada, last week. The ...
More than 4 inches of rain fell within an hour over parts of Columbia on Monday, causing significant flash flooding. Here’s the likelihood of similar weather this week.
Lytton, British Columbia West Coast 2 Several Over 90% of Lytton destroyed [46] 2021 November 14 British Columbia Floods: Floods lower half of British Columbia: West Coast 4 at least 10 Provincial state of emergency declared 2022 January 13 2022 Ottawa Eastway tank explosion Fire Ottawa, Ontario: Eastern and Central Canada 6 2 Industrial explosion
Disappearance of Sumas Lake. Sumas Lake (Halq’eméyle: Semá:th Lake, Nooksack: Semáts Xácho7, (Level Place Lake) [2]) was a shallow freshwater lake surrounded by extensive wetlands that once existed in eastern Fraser Lowland, located on the south side of the Sumas River between the foothills of Sumas Mountain (not to be confused with the same-named American mountain) and Vedder Mountain.
Heavy rain in Metro Vancouver caused flash flooding in South and East Vancouver, as well as Burnaby. Several buildings were slightly damaged, and many cars were submerged. The SkyTrain line between Sapperton station and Scott Road station were temporarily suspended due to flooding. [3] Several roads in Burnaby were closed. [4]
Big Bend is flat and to the north borders the more rugged South Slope neighbourhood of Burnaby. Due to its unique geography and proximity to the Fraser River it remains a flood risk; in December 2014, 100 millimeters of rain flooded parts of Big Bend, although the City of Burnaby's dike system and other anti-flood measures mitigated the damage.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express , a type of atmospheric river , which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and ...