The battle against floodwaters in Abbotsford, B.C., entered a new phase Thursday, with the city announcing plans to build a levee that could force some residents from their homes.
The Sumas Prairie, a former lake bed, continues to be inundated with water from the flooding Nooksack River in the U.S., now exacerbated by two dike breaches to the southwest and the northeast near Highway 1, Mayor Henry Barun said.
Braun said plans were now underway to build a levee between Highway 1 and Sumas Mountain to shore up the larger breach, and that as many as 10 properties could be sacrificed. Read more: Four people now missing following deadly slide north of Pemberton B.C. “If that was my house, I would be upset.