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"Water levels are rising very quickly. Residents are being asked to evacuate immediately"
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Abbotsford, British Columbia
Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver, and the Fraser River. With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the most populous municipality in the province outside metropolitan Vancouver. Abbotsford–Mission has the third-highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toront
"Water levels are rising very quickly. Residents are being asked to evacuate immediately"
"We didn’t want to alarm the whole city. It was our decision not to activate the provincial Alert Ready system for the whole city of 162,000 people at that time as we wanted to directly contact the 300 people who live in Sumas Prairie."
"I sense youre looking for numbers, so I dont want someone to think its 50 houses. One house is too much. And if it were my house, Id be concerned, too. But there are not many options here."
"As you know 600 people have been evacuated from Sumas Prairie"
"If you are looking to protect your property right now, sand and sandbags are available at both Albert Dyck Park and Yarrow Hardware"
"B.C.s Ministry of Transportation has closed Highway 1 between Abbotsford and Chilliwack as of 5 p.m. Nov. 28."