A mudslide closed Quarry Road between Calgary Drive and MacIntyre Road in Coquitlam on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, as an atmospheric river hit B.C.
Rescuers in Coquitlam, B.C., say they are searching for a missing homeowner in the city's Quarry Road area after torrential rain triggered a mudslide in the area.Coquitlam SAR says one person is considered missing after a mudslide washed away a home on Quarry Road in Coquitlam on Saturday. Rescuers in Coquitlam, B.C., are searching for a missing homeowner in the Mount Burke area after they say torrential rain triggered a mudslide and washed away one residence.
When his team arrived, Young says they found the road turned into a muddy river and high-voltage hydro lines blocking their entrance into the site. Once those were cleared, Young said they discovered the house had been "completely knocked off the foundation and completely turned into debris." The provincial River Forecast Centre issued a flood watch for the Coquitlam River, which means flooding is imminent and water has exceeded river banks, at 11:15 a.m. PT on Saturday.
Environment Canada says 90-150 millimetres of rain will fall in Metro Vancouver, parts of the Fraser Valley and the Sea-to-Sky corridor by Sunday, while rain on the North Shore could potentially exceed 180 millimetres.Earlier in the day, Coquitlam Search and Rescue had to use a rope system to save three separate hikers who got trapped near Pritchett Creek on Burke Mountain when water flooded a culvert and created an impassable river.
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