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Event title

Canada - At least 2 dead in B.C. after mudslides, washouts: RCMP

Event category

Geological - Mudslide

Severity

Low

Event date (UTC)

2024-10-22 18:54:09

Last update (UTC)

2024-10-22 18:54:09

Latitude

49.283859

Longitude

-122.7918

Area range

Local event

Address/Affected area(s)

Coquitlam, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Two people are dead, and one more is presumed dead after an atmospheric river brought heavy rainfall, flooding and mudslides to B.C. over the weekend.
On Monday, police said a woman who was missing after her home was washed away in a mudslide in Coquitlam, B.C., on Saturday has been found dead.
Coquitlam RCMP said a search and rescue crew found the body of the 57-year-old woman on Sunday evening.
She has been identified as Coquitlam elementary school teacher Sonya McIntyre.
"This is a deeply tragic outcome and our thoughts are with the victim's family and friends," Cpl. Alexa Hodgins said in a statement Monday.
Police said they were called to a slide along Quarry Road, on the southern edge of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, at about 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday. Officers said they found the slide had rendered the road impassable and cut off several residents.
Coquitlam Fire Chief Scott Young told CBC News on Saturday that the slide knocked one home completely off its foundation.
Canada Task Force 1 — a national Heavy Urban Search and Rescue Team — joined Coquitlam Fire and Rescue in the search for the resident.
As of about 11 a.m. PT Monday, police said Quarry Road remains closed between Calgary Drive and MacIntyre Road. First responders are in contact with the residents cut off by the slide, police say.
RCMP say they have notified the family of the victim, but would not provide more details about the slide and its "deeply tragic" outcome.
She was later identified as local elementary school teacher Sonya McIntyre.
The slide was triggered by torrential rainfall that swept across the Lower Mainland this weekend.

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