“We are asking people to limit their fuel consumption and travel with their vehicles at this time,” County Public Safety Secretary Mike Farnworth said at a news conference. Motorists are not allowed to fill in more than thirty liters of fuel. “We are not only asking people to travel through severely affected areas — for their own benefit, but also to make sure that the fuel we have goes to services that people need in this time of crisis,” Farnworth said.
Authorities are still searching for four missing persons in the Pemberton area, where aid workers discovered the body of a woman this week.
this army Has been mobilized since WednesdayIn several parts of the county, it is working to clear roads and build a new dam in the partially flooded town of Abbotsford. Heavy rain is expected again next week.
The extreme weather events in British Columbia come several months after unprecedented heat waves hit the region this summer. Then more than 500 people died due to the extreme temperatures and forest fires destroyed a place.
