Environment Canada says more rain, damaging wind and coastal flooding alerts are in effect for areas including Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver and Greater Victoria.
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Environment Canada says additional wind, rain and coastal flooding alerts remain in effect for parts of coastal British Columbia as stormy weather continues.
Rain warnings are in place for western, inland and north Vancouver Island, with a low pressure system expected to bring between 80 and 150 mm of rain between Zeballos, Gold River and Port Alice.
The agency also has coastal flooding alerts in effect for parts of Metro Vancouver, Greater Victoria and the Southern Gulf Islands.
Environment Canada warns damaging winds reaching up to 110 km/h are expected to affect coastal sections of west and north Vancouver Island, as well as Haida Gwaii, on Saturday evening.
In the Squamish area, the District of Squamish is urging residents to be cautious as the community continues to recover from flooded waterways. Three people died in the Squamish River on Thursday after a boat overturned following days of heavy rain and flooding in the region.
Meanwhile, Environment Canada’s alerts are unfolding alongside ongoing evacuation measures in the region: the entire village of Pemberton, about 90 kilometres north of Squamish, remains under an evacuation alert, and evacuation orders imposed by the nearby Lil’wat First Nation have been lifted for all but 18 properties. Alerts in Zeballos on Vancouver Island remain in place.
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