B.C. landslide: Videos show water flowing overtop of Chilcotin River site

Water is now flowing complete nan tract of an tremendous landslide blocking nan Chilcotin River, southbound of Williams Lake successful B.C.’s Central Interior.

Videos taken connected Monday greeting show nan h2o starting to move crossed nan apical of nan site.

A BC Emergency alert has been issued to cellphones, power and tv to counsel group successful nan area connected aliases on nan riverbanks of nan Chilcotin River from Hanceville to nan Fraser River, and nan Fraser River from nan Chilcotin River to nan Gang Ranch Road bridge, to evacuate instantly owed to flooding and debris flow.

Additional BC Emergency alerts will beryllium issued to group downstream connected and on nan Fraser River arsenic highest flows progress, according to nan provincial government.

The reservoir down nan descent has been building up, increasing steadily astatine a gait of 18 centimetres an hr successful caller days.

There is still nan consequence of nan reservoir coming apart, sending nan h2o quickly down nan barren riverbed.

In nan worst-case scenario, officials said nan reservoir quickly drains wrong an hr and would apt consequence successful below-peak flows for nan Fraser River.

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The h2o successful nan Chilcotin River could perchance emergence to 21 metres astatine nan Farwell Canyon span and 12 metres wherever nan Chilcotin River meets nan Fraser River.

Located astir 100 km southwest of Williams Lake, nan landslide came down Wednesday morning, damming nan stream and creating a impermanent lake.

Real-time water-level monitoring accusation is publically disposable done the Water Survey of Canada.

The provincial authorities has besides launched a caller web portal to supply nan latest accusation connected nan Chilcotin River landslide.