I thought I was a goner’: survivors detail harrowing stories of Canada mudslides
Emergency crews in western Canada continued searching on Friday for victims of flash floods and mudslides which tore through the region this week, as survivors described harrowing escapes from the disaster. A cow is rescued from a flooded barn in Abbotsford, British Columbia, 16 November 2021. Canada floods leave thousands of farm animals dead and more trapped Read more British Columbia declared its third state of emergency in a year on Wednesday after a month’s worth of rain fell in two days, swamping towns and cities, blocking major highways and leaving much of the province under water. So far, officials have confirmed just one fatality, in a landslide near the village of Pemberton. But gripping testimony from a journalist who survived that incident suggests that figure is likely to rise. Global BC cameraman Mike Timbrell was traveling along a mountain highway towards Vancouver on Monday as the storm raged. After picking his way past several smaller landslides he was eventually bro