In less than 24 hours, last weekend, British Columbia, engulfed in record rains and mudslides, found itself cut off from the rest of Canada.
Thousands of British Columbians are affected, isolated from the rest of the province.
Premier John Horgan has declared a state of emergency.
The army is mobilized.
The Trans-Canada Highway and major highways are partially destroyed.
Just five months after being struck by fires and record heat, the province bordering the Pacific is once again stricken.
In addition to the destruction of houses, the port of Vancouver, the largest in Canada, through which between 250 and 500 million dollars of goods per day transit, is at a standstill.
The partly destroyed railroads no longer supply a region whose economy depends on trade with Asia.
Monday evening, several roads had been reopened but not the main railway line operated
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