#bcflood

[seattleru]

Atmospheric river douses BC with 200+ mm of rain and heavy mountain snow, triggering flood watches 🌧️❄️ At the same time, a rare sub-$1M private island near Vancouver hits the market. See how weather and real estate collide: https://hyperlocalnews.website/vancen/atmospheric-river-and-surprise-island-in-british.html

[handcraftedloghomes]

🌊🌧️ 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗼𝗴 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀🌊🌧️

🚧Heavy rainfall and flooding have caused major highway closures near Hope, BC, not far from our log yard. 🚧

As of today, Highway 1 eastbound between Bridal Falls and Hope is closed, and Highway 7 between Agassiz and Hope is shut down due to a rockslide.

There is currently no estimated time for reopening, and travel advisories are in effect across the Fraser Valley. Our Cascade Handcrafted team cares deeply about the safety of our community, friends, and clients. Stay safe, everyone—let’s look out for one another during this severe weather. 💙

[muffinjai]

#AtmosphericRiver is soaking BC 🌊 Stay safe everyone 😩🥺 A atmospheric river is a narrow corridor or filament of concentrated moisture in the atmosphere. 🌧 Other names for this phenomenon are tropical plume, tropical connection, moisture plume, water vapor surge, and cloud band. ⛈🐶🐾🇨🇦 #BCstorm #BCflood #Schnauzer (at Vancouver, British Columbia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CW6Oia3vTqj/?utm_medium=tumblr

[propicsmedia]

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Giving Challenge. Help BC Flood Victims. Vancouver Actor & Comedian will donate today's wages to ProPics Canada Media Fund to help. www.propicscanada.com #bcfloods #bcflood #bcflooding #floodvictims #donate #help #naturaldisaster #Floods #bcstorm #volunteer #spreadtheword #linkme #superman #supermanandlois #warnerbrothers #att #bcfilm #film #television #BG #bcactor (at ProPics Canada Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWocE-8hsDp/?utm_medium=tumblr

[propicsmedia]

Canadian Military Helicopters Refueling in Disaster Relief Efforts Donate at www.propicscanada.com #bcfloods #bcflooding #bcflood #disasterresponse #Abbotsford #fraservalley #Sumas #flooding #floods #Chilliwack #britishcolumbia #PrincetonBC #hopebc #rescue #army #Helicopters #canadianmilitary (at ProPics Canada Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWjw-04JSiF/?utm_medium=tumblr

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#Floods #bcfloods #deaths #bcflood #hwy99 #bcflooding #disaster #Lytton #lilloetbc #abbotsford #sumas #Chilliwack #merrittbc #hopebc #Princetonbc #penticton #Kamloops #Kelowna #vancouverbc #emergencies #storm #storms #britishcolumbia #drivebc #news #donate #volunteer #help #naturaldisaster #canada (at ProPics Canada Photography) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgrBZThhJ0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[jamesmacdonaldphotographer]

November 2021 | Aerial views of Sumas Prairie and the huge amounts of water, flooding, and infrastructure damage from recent historic storms. The weather and availability made getting in the air impossible until yesterday, but it goes to show just how much water there is even after three days of pumping it out. Big thanks as always to the @victoriaflyingclub for their help with this. Flying in VERY active airspace, with things above and below was quite the ride. Shot for @bloombergbusiness #SumasPrairie #SumasPrairieflood #BCFlood #BCFloods2021 #LowerMainland #Abbotsford #BritishColumbia #Canada #onassignment #Bloombergphotos #aerialphotos #aerialphotography #playingchickenwithadash8at5000feet (at Sumas Prairie) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWgbgviPmRS/?utm_medium=tumblr

[larimar]

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What is the connection between industrial logging and increased wildfires and flooding? Swipe through to see a brief overview ➡️ Sierra Club BC released a report in February of this year called “Intact forests, safe communities,” authored by Peter Wood, PhD in Forestry at U of T. The report outlines starkly how industrial logging increases the severity and frequency of climate-related disasters, including flooding and landslides: "Governments can mitigate climate-related disasters like flooding, droughts, fires and heatwaves by swiftly reforming B.C.’s forestry practices, applying Indigenous knowledge to forest-related decisions, and protecting and restoring intact forests before the #ClimateCrisis worsens." The report found: 🌲Clearcut logging affects slope stability, the rate at which water is absorbed into the ground and the ability to hold soil in root systems. 🌲The absence of trees means heavy rains wash large amounts of sediments into nearby bodies of water, causing creeks and streams to overflow more quickly. 🔥#OldGrowth forests, with their dense canopies, thick tough bark, extensive roots systems and space between them help prevent the spread of fires. 🔥Dead branches and slash materials left from clearcuts along with the lack of tree canopy act as fuel for fires. 🔥Fires, which are now burning hotter thanks to these factors + drier, hotter conditions, can make the soil hydrophobic, increasing runoffs from slopes even more. The report recommended urgently implementing ALL recommendations from the 2020 Old Growth Strategic Review, including deferrals in all at-risk old-growth forests and implementing Indigenous forest management practices. The catastrophic #BCFlooding shows there isn't any time left. @johnhorgan4bc's @bcndp gov't has NOT implemented the permanent deferrals needed to protect what little is left of these life-saving ecosystems. And continues to violently police Indigenous land protectors who are trying to stop this destruction.