Canada hit by heavy rains and floods in British Columbia – in pictures

21 11 2021 | 11:19
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An aerial image of the flooding on the Sumas Prairie.
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Search and rescue workers help flood evacuees disembark from a helicopter in Agassiz, BC.
Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

 

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A vehicle is submerged in flood waters along a road.
Photograph: Jonathan Hayward/AP

 

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Cows left stranded near a barn shortly before their rescue.
Photograph: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters

 

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A car lies submerged in a ditch on a flooded stretch of road.
Photograph: Jennifer Gauthier/Reuters

 

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Many trees in the Lower Mainland have become unstable due to saturated grounds.
Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

 

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A woman and children who were stranded by high water are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat in Abbotsford.
Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

 

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A helicopter takes off from a farm surrounded by flood waters in Chilliwack.
Photograph: Jonathan Hayward/AP

 

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A house is seen surrounded by floodwaters on a farm in Abbotsford.
Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

 

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City officials in Sumas, Washington, said Tuesday that hundreds of people had been evacuated and estimated that 75% of homes had water damage.
Photograph: Jonathan Hayward/AP

 

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Flooding on Highway 1 near Abbotsford.
Photograph: Canadian Press/REX/Shutterstock

 

 

 

 

17 November 2021

The Guardian

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