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Please do not explore the evacuated locations and currently bare riverbed as you could be swept away without any prior warning


Evacuation and Affected Locations

Country: Canada
Province: BC
Local Regions: Chilcotin River, Fraser River


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[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

This is very cool from a geological processes standpoint, but I hope everyone will be okay. Best case scenario, the dam is intact until water overflows, and then it cuts a nice channel through the landslide over a few days. One can hope.