Devastation continues to mount in flood-stricken Abbotsford, B.C. 

Animals are helpless, I hope they are safe. And all those people rescuing animals deserve lot of appreciation and respect.

The City of Abbotsford is issuing an immediate and urgent notice to all residents that did not evacuate the Sumas Prairie earlier today to evacuate immediately. Conditions within the Sumas Prairie within the last hour have escalated and pose a significant risk to life due to the imminent failure of the Barrowtown Pump Station. The Barrowtown Pump Station serves as a critical piece of infrastructure to ensure the Sumas Lake does not reform. With the failure of this key piece of infrastructure, water within the Sumas Prairie will not be able to be pumped out and water from the Fraser River will begin entering the already flooded Sumas Prairie area. Additional water flow down from Sumas Mountain is also now creating further flooding in the area. This event is anticipated to be catastrophic. Residents need to abandon their efforts to save livestock, ignoring current orders in place and to leave the area immediately. Residents remaining and can’t evacuate safely are requested to call 911 and report their location immediately. Abbotsford City water in the Sumas Prairie will be turned off at 9 pm as a current water main breach within the Sumas Prairie has occurred due to erosion.

It is a natural flood plain . Used to be a lake & was drained for farmland .

It's a floodplain... look at the topography and the path of the river. You can see how it meandered over time. It's full of farmland for that very reason. This place has flooded for hundreds of thousands of years.

My heart goes out to those displaced by the floods :(

Running a hilariously undersized major freeway at grade that serves as the lifeline for more than 3 million people through a flood plain for 60 years without any sort of flood mitigation strategy. Yup, that's British Columbia. Build it once, then never touch it because politics. Good job.

crazy i can’t even imagine what people are going through just so tragic

I remember the creek washouts on Hwy 99 at M Creek & Culliton Creek. Heavy rain coupled with any amount of snow in the mountains will test any creek or river leading to erosion, flooding, torrent debris hazards, & all out land slides. Landslides & flood management are very well documented in BC. For those that didn't expect this outcome, then please consult the geo-technical engineering reports that exist for your local area. It important to know the risk & calculate predictable outcomes. The National Weather Service in the USA has a "Turn Around Don't Drown" slogan for flooding.

Flood plain indeed. My first thoughts when I say the Fraser Valley. Just think what all those people living in Delta are going to be hit with in the next few years

These farmers provide 50 percent of our eggs, poultry and dairy. There goes our food source and more food inflation to follow. All the best wishes and prayers to the farmers.

My mom and rest of the family live in the Chilliwack area, before covid I used to go down every year for Thanksgiving, it's wild to see that much flooding. I'm from northern Alberta.

Castle Fun Park ? NOOOOOO !!!!!!!!!!!

doesn't look like the 1st providers were very prepared , BC is so expensive to live and this is the county's response ??? terrible...

the fraser valley was lake fraser probably a few million years ago..wouldnt suprise me if it returns to its natural state

The province was well aware back in 2007 what the flood protection shortcomings were- no one did anything!! Why did the Premier not do anything to risk mitigate!!? Where was the use of the Provincial Emergency System!? Why did he wait so long to ask Trudeau for help!? ( protocol dictates a Province must first simply say “Help” and it will be given) Every provincial and municipal government since at least 2007 is to blame. The “Almighty Dollar “ and it won’t happen during “my term” is always what dictates action versus inaction!

If you cant get your dairy cows out of the barn please at least leave the gate open so they can have half a chance! Just like they do with horses and other animals during wildfires.

there used to be a huge lake in Abbotsford a hundred years ago called Sumas Lake. now it is naturally reclaiming it back.

1:24 I'm sure they have enough water

Sending love to all those that have lost their homes

I was part of all this and in that area and the fact I just realized those ppl I saw with phones actually rec me on that boat........my friends will not let me forget this 😅

Good thing BC spent billions prepping for an earthquake someday.

Good reporting ladies!!!

Wow, I'm into my 8th decade, born in BC and I've never heard of weather like this in the lower mainland.

Oh my goodness

Living in Vancouver City I'm wondering what I / we can do to help.

Yet, nothing ever happens in the city.

Will floods come to torronto or even worse oshawa because that's where I'm from

God bless you all and I pray that your provincial government will be more willing to help than the Quebec government was when we had our floods in 2017 and 2019. My claims are still not treated. You will need to arm yourselves with a lot of patience, especially with post covid government services. My prayers are with you. I have family affected by these floods.

Poor people! 😮Hoping for better times! 🌞

Please please stop raining so these people can get their lives back.This is a good example of how easily what people have worked their whole lives for can be taken away.Very sad.

Indigenous Land and Resource Conservation Authorities...ever heard of that? Me neither. And that explains a great deal of the lack of buffering in these natural disasters that have visited, and will only increase in volume and frequency of the same, here, in Canada..

Well... I guess I won't be making a trip to Terralink any time soon.

Building on a flood plain what an idea...

1:23 indeed they have a lot of water!!

I’m happy my trucks lifted

Well what can we do. Guess we just gotta go with flow.

The main pump house shut down. Leave. Now. This is just tragic. Careers lost, Hines lost, cattle and other livestock will drown. Omg

Cancel CBC

Every year farmers are faced with challenges. You rarely get a great crop.

Has this place flooded before?

Sumas lake returns

Oh no nonono I hope you are all ok! I know there's gonna be bad news but prayers to all. I just don't have the words

This is why it's important to have a few bug out bags only what you need to survive in the event something like this happens grab them and go.

Richmond sink yet.?

That's a bit totally crazy

those 2 news people look like a before and after photos with the one on the right being the before obviously. Did she know she was going to be on camera?

This. Is. Not. Good. !!! Especially for the Farmlands, Omg !! Famine type conditions !

The main thing is to keep gas price low so people lives won’t get harder.

WOW its great , You guys got no snow

Ahh but where the reporter is ... is safe?

Lived in the Chilliwack Abbotsford area for 25 years and hurts my heart to see this kind of devastation. Hope all can stay staff.

for you just one day. my life had been like every second

That's what happens when you build in a flood plain

It's really tough! Now imagine how so many oilfield workers and their families feel! And by the way, this is what happens when you build on a flood plain and Mother Nature shows up to take back what is hers!

We need a little red Mao book

1948 all over again, exactly the same flood as then. Washed out the whole valley then too!

~ Mayer Braun mustn't have been here in 1985.

I feel so bad for those animals, these stupid people built farms on low ground, and then when it floods, they all run away and leave their animals behind? THESE PEOPLE ARE STUPID, DON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR SOME ANIMALS, AND THEN HAVE NO BACK UP PLAN TO SAVE EM!

so glad me and my family haven’t had to evacuate yet

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Fancy that how flood plains flood

You built your city on a flood plain lol

it's covids fault, the flooding. yet no one wore a mask in this report. huh. interesting. deeply sorry for all of the loss and hardship for the residents who are all suffering. where is all of the military action needed to HELP hey justin?

At least the fires are out

I think the cows have enough water.

well...thats what happens when u build beside a river and a known flood plain....and all for a million dollar view

itwas fine for us we live higher up

I now expect to see people casually strolling with coffees behind these news creationists. Lol

Have they blamed "climate change" yet?

They laughed when Ft. Mac burnt and then flooded. We should get along as a nation.

"This disaster has brought this community together." oh yes, because they were not together before...I get it.

Climate refugees need support from energy sector.

This is where Trudeau should put some of these wasted jab dollars ( he has committed billions to years of future doses). Give these farmers some money to offset their damages!

Where is the army? Where is the government? They have to help NOW

NDP eh? 🤷‍♂️🤦

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Our military reacted TERRIBLY to this situation imagine when the earth quake hits us? We have a terrible government and bad leadership. I thank the RCMP FIRE DEPARTMENT BUT NOT OUR USELESS MILITARY. We don’t even have a military base in B.C LMFAO. The nearest base is 18 hours away. Our reserves are not equipped at all either.

Idiots!!!! building where lake use to be and Drain by man! That’s asking for problems. Lake sumas returns. #LoveMotherNature.

Bruh

She cool

Let prepare for the soon coming of our lord Jesus Christ for the signs are everywhere, this world has nothing good to offer but pain and misery

TUANs TUHAN YME

Well the Sumas Prairie up until a century ago was once Sumas Lake, an ecologically rich and flourishing environment that was treasured by local First Nations. European settlers came, took one look at the marshy lake, thought it was a waste of land, and drained it. This is the result of such selfishness.

Better send them some masks.

Probably D.U.M.B.S. Being blown up and flooded as they are all over the world.

Thank god they got everyone out of the ankle high water.

build a home, on a former lake bed. genius' LOL

I feel sorry for all the farm animals left to drown when they shouldn't have been there in the first place. Animals don't exist for humans to profit from their bodies.

Blame on unvaccinated

NDP.....now what

Fed & Provincial Government has to show leadership and PRIORIZE spending tax dollars. Instead of housing vagrants and crack-heads spend tax dollars on real world issues, oh , like, infrastructure.

Judas Fuckin Priest \M/

Wow coincidence another wild weather event.

So sad but this is all part of the end times scenario, the rapture and the 7year Tribulation are right around the corner. Please give your life to JESUS CHRIST today!!! Read biblical prophecy, listen to Dr. Ron Rhodes on end times chronology.

Well they can stop screaming about there drought .

That's just the beginning

Spreader event. Dont help strangers!

Poor animals! People chose to be there, the animals we're forced. Meat & dairy consumers couldnt care less though as long as animals suffer they're happy.

Canada is starting to feel the wrath of MOTHER NATURE 💪. TOUGH TIMES AHEAD 👎

Feel for those families (who believe in climate change).