95% of monthly precipitation fell within 24 hours in parts of western Canada causing extensive flooding.
Thousands of people were evacuated.
According to an initial report, the body of a woman was found in a landslide that occurred on Highway 99, near Lillooet, 250 km north of Vancouver.
According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the federal police, searches are continuing in this area to find possible victims.
"The total number of people and vehicles missing has not been confirmed," the authorities said.
In addition, the estimated 7,000 residents of the town of Merritt, located 300 km northeast of Vancouver were evacuated.
"We expect this evacuation order to remain in place for probably more than a week," the municipality said.
On Monday, in Merritt, a cowboy used a motorboat to gather and secure 29 horsepower as torrential rains caused flooding, evacuations and road closures.
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Because the situation is far from improving.
"The floods continue to cause serious danger and damage," she added the city.
As a result, all rail services to and from the Port of Vancouver were interrupted.
" Unprecedented "
According to images broadcast by Canadian television, the rain had stopped but many roads remained closed and towns were still flooded after the Fraser Valley.
“In Hope, a hundred kilometers east of Vancouver, we saw 174 mm in 24 hours on Sunday and 250 mm over 48 hours, unheard of in this station in all of its history, according to Armel Castellan, meteorologist at Environment Canada.
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whole city of #Merritt ordered to evacuate after the flooding of the sewage treatment plant
The population of 7,000 people has been ordered to leave following the floods that submerged the city
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"I have no doubt that these events are linked to climate change, they are unprecedented by nature," said Mike Farnworth, the provincial Minister of Public Safety a few months after numerous forest fires ravaged Colombia. British.
Under these conditions, around 9,000 people are also still without power, according to an update from BC Hydro.
"We are very concerned about the situation in British Columbia," said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has promised to mobilize "all resources" in the region.
