Evacuation ordered as water begins to overflow Chilcotin River landslide

6/8/2024 13:08

        Water has begun to overflow over a natural dam created by a landslide blocking Chilcotin River, British Columbia officials said, triggering evacuation orders for people along the banks of Chilcotin and Fraser rivers in western Canada.
        
        Bowinn Ma, B.C.'s Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness warned of additional landslides as the water gushing through the channel picked up pace carrying debris.
        
        The water began to trickle over the natural dam Monday morning at 7.5 cubic metres per second and the pulse rose to 750 cubic metres per second by 1330 pacific time as the water began to gush, increasing the size of the channel and carrying large wooden debris and sediments.