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Landslide blocking B.C. river could give way within 24 to 48 hours, causing flash floods: officials | CBC News

Nathan Cullen, the B.C. minister of water, land and resource stewardship, said the dam created by the landslide is 600 metres wide and 30 me

Emergency officials say flash floods are "imminent" and could happen within 24 or 48 hours after a landslide blocked the Chilcotin River in British Columbia's Cariboo region.

On Wednesday, the Tŝilhqot'in National Government said a slide of soil and debris blocked the river at Nagwentled, also known as Farwell Canyon, around 285 kilometres north of Vancouver.

"Flooding is building up above the dam created by the landslide, so it's like a lake," Cariboo Regional District chair Margo Wagner said at a virtual news conference Thursday.

"There is a high risk of a flash flood downstream if the river breaches that landslide — which it is expected to do eventually."

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Evacuations ordered in B.C. as water flows over landslide that dammed Chilcotin River

The B.C. government says it's "extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a

The B.C. government says it's "extremely unsafe" to be near the banks of the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers both upstream and downstream from a massive landslide after water started flowing through the slide early Monday.

Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma said Monday that the water breaching the dam caused by the slide will cause river bank instability, although the chances of a worst-case scenario are "decreasing."

Ma says people should stay away and off the waters as officials monitor the flow downstream of the slide, which may impact the Farewell Canyon Bridge, about 22 kilometres downstream.

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Officials said about 15 properties in the Cariboo and Thomson River Regional Districts are on evacuation order or alert.

Connie Chapman with the province's water management branch said the "pulse" of water from the dam breach will likely erode river banks, and carry debris from the slide.

She said the water started flowing through the debris slide, cutting about a 15 metre channel through the dam, and then began widening with water flows increasing by the hour.

She said some places along the rivers will see higher than spring runoff levels and cause the rivers to swell downstream in the coming days.

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The Chilcotin River landslide last night (Aug 1, 2024) is fucking wild.

Thankfully not super near densely populated areas but there's for sure gonna be massive flash flooding when the "dam" breaks. And the town of Hope, BC is on high alert.

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The Chilcotin River frames Farwell Canyon in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada.

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The Chilcotin River roars through Farwell Canyon in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada.

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The Chilcotin River surges out of Farwell Canyon in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada.

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The Chilcotin River winds through Farwell Canyon in the Cariboo Chilcotin region of British Columbia, Canada.

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Free photo: Chilcotin River, British Columbia