The City of Grand Forks in southeastern B.C. has issued a new evacuation order due to the imminent threat of flooding.
On Monday afternoon, the Regional District of Kootenay-Boundary issued the order to six properties in the Gilpin Road area, located in the eastern part of the city that is home to more than 4,000 residents.
The district said its decision was based on an “imminent danger of flooding.”
“The evacuation order is being issued due to the river cutting off access to the six properties,” said Mark Stephens, the director of the district’s emergency operations centre.
The new evacuation order comes less than a week after evacuation orders issued from May 7-11 to
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