BC floods: Residents mop up from 3rd atmospheric river, as damage costs rise
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- They're overwhelmed and underwater. Storm-battered British Columbians are dealing with the aftermath of a third atmospheric river.
As the back to back storms hit amid a flooding disaster, the city of Abbotsford, B.C. set an all-time weather record this November. It recorded 540 millimetres total - about one-third of the city's average annual rainfall fell in November alone.
As Heather Yourex-West reports, relentless rain has made it impossible for residents to focus on recovery. Meanwhile, Robin Gill reports on how the province-wide repair bill is projected to balloon into the billions.
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Why is she standing in the water stop worrying about theatrics and just report.
Can't log all the trees, take natural water systems away (draining Sumas Lake and its wetlands), pave over land so unnatural water flow is created, and expect things to be the same; man created much of the disaster unfolding.
It's not me, it's CO2
Covid, Heat dome, 100 year floods. Not a great year for BC.
What is the probability that these things can happen next year?
What is the probability that these things can happen next year?
@@dahirgaas7611 With extreme weather caused by climate change there's no way to calculate probabilities. This is a first time situation for humans.
@@markgreen4612 this is the third time it’s flooded since the lake was drained , the province was notified that the infrastructure needed a overhaul years prior to this , to say climate change ( global warming ) is responsible is just ignorant
When did the term "atmospheric river" become a thing?
Ever since Sky Sharks 🎭
Some time during the early 90s
Horrible 😞
Oh, you people must feel freaked out and stressed. We care and are concerned.
So sorry! Keep being strong and stay out of harm's way!
Glad to see people in BC are safely staying in place. Is it just us Americans who get swept into flood waters while driving for a pack of cigs and a six-pack?
Nope I went out for my six pack but I bought two so I dont have to go tomorrow :)
Hope not. You all be safe too!
Atmospheric River= Rain
Build back better. Right Trudeau?
Wow
Why she is in the water?
Dramatic effect I'm guessing? Either that or she just wanted to see if the rubber boots she just bought work.
Hope your OK
Seems everyone got the "Atmospheric River" memo..... anything to keep you very afraid...
next is snow
Yup and snow melt, sea to sky already has extreme avalanche warnings, scary times
@@nishienish26 beware the peril of the Sknow Mann!!
Good thing the provincial government has been collecting carbon taxes to cover the cost of extreme weather and climate emergencies, should be enough in that account to help with the repairs.
it is all in their pockets and they get to go to their underground cities while you and i get to sort things out up on top . Great eh . they are pinching whatever they can before they pull the rug out from under us .
LMAO
Time to move to higher elevations. Rebuild where floods will not occur. This low land is not sustainable with climate change. Been through this area many times traveling to Alaska. My heart breaks for all those going through this deviation. It will be more so if the people rebuild and then watch all their dreams and hard work crumble again. There has got to be a good solution. A thoughtful plan for the future.
Tell that to the Dutch. Do not fear, big Mike F is on the job, what is his job you ask, simply to stand up in front of the cameras and tell the tax payers just how bad it is.
2:15…Jason Thistlethwaite from the University of Waterloo (Ontario)? Who? What? Why?😮
I feel terrible for flooded victims, when the rivers could have been cleaned out during dry times.
1:32 I would recommend planning to move away. How many more times do people want to repair/rebuild their houses...
I love how nobody questions these new terms. Atmospheric rivers are created by geoengineers. This is weather warfare and we need to start holding people accountable.
What is going on in BC ? Is this the normal rain of the year?
No
No, it is not. This the 200 year storm.
3 atmospheric rivers and run off from Mount Baker in Washington too.
Does it look normal...
Definitely not the norm. November is usually the wettest month of the year for the coast, but this is insane. Abbotsford set an all-time monthly record with 541 millimeters of rain in November.
The numbers are even higher closer to the coastal mountain range. It’s also been unseasonably warm with these weather events causing mountain snow to melt creating even more of an issue. A lot of the flooding in Abbotsford is because of the Nooksack river in Washington state jumping its banks and draining into the Sumas river which runs right through the Sumas Prairie area and eventually flows into the Fraser River in Chilliwack. Unfortunately, everything is compounding the problem. The Sumas Prairie used to be a lake and Mother Nature is doing her best to reclaim the land. Nature always wins in the end.
The Big One was the biggest.
Funny thing is,I've been paying ei,and taxes for 35 years at an average of 300-500 every two weeks,that totals 252,000- 420,000 just in taxes and ei.and I've never claimed ei. Along with what ever taxes I have paid for with all the things I've purchased in life. You times that by how every many people in Canada do the same PLUS MORE,the BC government can find the money. It's there,they just make excuses on not to give it out,but pay for expenses dinners,have charge accounts for office employees. How about you give all those farmer,and families all the money they have put into the system,all the taxes they have given BC government,Canada feds, give it back to them seeing they made you all rich,look at Trudeau house,tell him to sell it to help out
I like this Rob Flemming guy. Straight to the point and clear and assertive. Thank you for what you do.
Tell people the TRUTH!!
Over 6 decades of different floods and being warned about this !!
Only to ignore every warning till DESASTER STRIKES the people your paid to represent!!
3rd? Well...
I've seen military throw together pontoon bridges over rivers and ice-holes in very short order; but maybe that was the Russian military?
The Canadian Federal and provincial govts might want to weigh the costs of losing vital infrastructure during a pandemic, during the Christmas shopping season, while much of the US (Canada's largest trading partner) is suffering shortages; against the investment of temporary structures and over/bypasses, to maintain vital shipping routes until permanent replacements can be constructed.
A better solution is to just cut GHG emissions in the short to medium term to prevent this stuff from occurring in the first place.
Keep talking about global warming...look into global shifting...the world is changing and its not gonna stop because we're here....its always been that way and it will always be
Get Trudy to pay the farmers what ever they need !
@Key K at least give it to the right people. Canada, I read is not doing well on global warming, bet he prints money that soon.
///A message from Christ//// leave your idols and come back and repent from idols worship. 3 floods in 1 month (never happened in the Canadian history)
Water from Heaven, Nectar of the Gods aka rain 💭
May God almighty bethe y’all in Washington state.🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️
prayers for all innocent lives
Low lying areas will be the first to suffer the effects of climate change. I wouldn't want to own anything in Florida for example LOL
Atmospheric rivers? I wonder if Greta helped them coin that term?
It predates her....from the early 90s bud
GOD is preparing more … it’s not over.
These farms are cruel and obselete. Like coal and oil they have to go. Nature's karma.
How dare people farm and feed their families. 🤡