Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun stated throughout an replace on Sunday that officers in Whatcom County suggested him shortly earlier than 2 p.m. that the Nooksack River in Washington state started to overtop its banks.
“We count on that circulate to succeed in Abbotsford later at the moment,” Braun stated.
Early Sunday morning, the town issued an evacuation order for 90 properties within the Huntingdon Village space alongside the U.S. border, as localized flooding from rainfall and snowmelt moved north.
Braun stated around-the-clock efforts of contractors and the army to restore and buttress dikes defending the already flooded Sumas Prairie lowlands had positioned the town effectively, however that many unknowns remained.
The continuing rain storm had delivered about 100 mm of rain to the Abbotsford space, Braun stated, elevating water ranges within the flooded Sumas Prairie by about 7.6 cm.
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