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Widespread street flooding was observed in North Shore communities. Flows of muddy water and debris were noted in West Vancouver and TransLink riders encountered detours and delays. [21] [22] Street flooding led to the closure of several roads in Surrey. A few water rescues had to be performed throughout the Lower Mainland.
Vancouver, British Columbia, has picked up 11.31 inches versus 14.16 inches for the same period. Meanwhile, Portland, Oregon, has tallied 11.36 inches compared to an average to date of 13.46 inches.
The 2021 Pacific Northwest floods were a series of floods that affected British Columbia, Canada, and parts of neighboring Washington state in the United States. The flooding and numerous mass wasting events were caused by a Pineapple Express, a type of atmospheric river, which brought heavy rain to parts of southern British Columbia and northwestern United States.
In December 2023, an atmospheric river caused flooding in the Pacific Northwest. [1] Rainfall and temperature records were set in the U.S. state of Washington. [2] Two deaths have been attributed to this flood. [3] One person died in Portland. [4]
Similarly, rainfall in Vancouver, British Columbia, has been just shy of 40% of average. There has been a bit more rain farther south toward Portland and Eugene, Oregon, with 60 and 70% of the ...
Some metro areas have an especially large proportion of sewage treatment centers at risk if a mega flood occurred today, AP found. ... Huntington-Ashland, bridging West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky ...
On December 13 a strong frontal system impacted the western coast, dropping 77.5 millimetres (3.05 in) of rain on downtown Vancouver, [5] and 67.0 millimetres (2.64 in) at the Vancouver International Airport. [6] Snowfall warnings were also put in place for the Coquihalla, and other high elevation places. [7]
Bretz's Flood: The Remarkable Story of a Rebel Geologist and the World's Greatest Flood. Seattle, Wa.: Sasquatch Books. ISBN 978-1-57061-505-4. Alt, David (2001) Glacial Lake Missoula and Its Humongous Floods (Mountain Press, 2001. ISBN 978-0878424153). Norman B. Smyers and Roy M. Breckenridge (2003).