The Canadian Press \u00a006\/08\/2024 19:30 A “grateful” emergency management minister says the threat of a flood disaster along British Columbia’s Chilcotin and Fraser rivers appears to have been averted when a massive lake drained overtop of a landslide. Bowinn Ma said high waters similar to spring runoff conditions are being observed downstream along the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers, but dangers still exist from the powerful current carrying trees and other debris. while carving away large sections of landscape. “The risk of a worst-case scenario has drastically decreased, but we are not in the clear yet,” she said Tuesday at a news conference. “I am extremely grateful the worst-case scenario did not come to be.” The landslide last week at Farwell Canyon located about 22 kilometres south of Williams Lake dammed… <\/p>\n
The Canadian Press \u00a006\/08\/2024 19:30 A “grateful” emergency management minister says the threat of a flood disaster along British Columbia’s Chilcotin and Fraser rivers appears to have been averted when a massive lake drained overtop of a landslide. Bowinn Ma said high waters similar to spring runoff conditions are being observed downstream along the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers, but dangers still exist from the powerful current carrying trees and other debris. while carving away large sections of landscape. “The risk of a worst-case scenario has drastically decreased, but we are not in the clear yet,” she said Tuesday at a news conference. “I am extremely grateful the worst-case scenario did not come to be.” The landslide last week at Farwell Canyon located about 22 kilometres south of Williams Lake dammed... <\/p>\n