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UPDATED 22 NOVEMBER TO NOTE THAT VANCOUVER HAS NOT BEEN EVACUATED.
The Canadian military has deployed transport planes, helicopters and several hundred troops to assist in Vancouver where, since Monday, flooding and mudslides have left much of the city cut off by both road and rail.
On Wednesday, British Columbia’s minister of public safety, Mike Farnworth, declared a provincial state of emergency for 14 days, with one confirmed death, and four people missing.
Meanwhile the most recent reports from the port of Vancouver ...
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Michael Brown
November 19, 2021 at 4:41 pmLets get this straight…VANCOUVER IS NOT BEING EVACUATED!!!!!
Communities 50 miles to the west of Vancouver are seeing some evacuations, and access to some areas remain closed. The major highways that connect Vancouver to the rest of BC are for the most part closed, but there is access via the USA.