In Canada the "storm of the century" continues, a state of emergency declared in British Columbia

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    State of emergency declared in British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province, after two days of torrential rain.

    He is about to end up run over, his mother saves him

    They call it the "storm of the century": here, in British Columbia, Canada's westernmost province, there has been practically a month of rain mixed with snow in the last 24 hours. State of emergency declared





    A literally broken highway, the Coquihalla Highway, and immobilized railways: two days of torrential rain hit British Columbia, Canada, causing floods and landslides that blocked the tracks of the nation's two main railway lines and wiped out parts of the main east-west thoroughfare, the Trans-Canada Highway.

    After the desperate evacuation of 50 trapped cows, they rightly called it the "storm of the century", or "deadly storm", which is leaving behind a real trail of devastation, with at least one dead and several missing.

    Vancouver is completely isolated, with roads and railways cut off by debris, flooding of rivers and mudslides dragged downstream. Like the Coquihalla Highway, which connects Vancouver to the rest of the country, which in some places collapsed or submerged by water.

    The Coquihalla highway is completely snapped in two. Surreal to see from the air. #bcstorm #bcfloods @GlobalBC pic.twitter.com/IRNUmlsoLl

    — Kamil Karamali (@KamilKaramali) November 16, 2021

    Even in the city of Merritt, about 300 km north of Vancouver, at least 7 residents have remained isolated. Many districts also evacuated, including 1.100 people in areas of the city of Abbotsford. About 1.100 people in the town of Hope, about 120 kilometers from Vancouver, are isolated and without supplies.

    A view of #AbbotsfordBC you've never seen before: Hwy 1 by powerboat. @rdayaglobal has more on @GlobalBC News at 11.#bcfloods pic.twitter.com/H7DwVKkByS

    — Global BC (@GlobalBC) November 18, 2021

    I have no doubt that these events are linked to climate change, they are unprecedented in nature - says Mike Farnworth, provincial minister of public security for the region, who among other things was devastated only a few months ago by numerous forest fires. 



    Princeton's mayor (who is not on Twitter) "hates to be negative," but says Minister Mike Farnworth's comments have been "hurtful." It bothers him that province "passed the buck" to local gov't when asked why province did not do more to warn ppl. Story: https://t.co/n9Q3YtXmkj pic.twitter.com/GQaCrmSJn6

    — Lisa Steacy (@lisa_steacy) November 18, 2021

    In fact, the impact of climate change on the frequency of storms is now well established and we know that rising sea surface temperatures warm the air and make more energy available to drive hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons. At the COP26 that has just ended there was a lot of discussion and timid agreements were reached. There is still a lot to do.

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