Helicopters drop food for Canadian flood victims, more rain expected

Helicopters drop food for Canadian flood victims, more rain expected
# 18 November 2021 05:44 (UTC +04:00)

Helicopters dropped food to people in towns cut off by massive floods and mudslides in the Canadian province of British Columbia on Wednesday as some regions braced for more rain in the next few days, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Mudslides destroyed roads and bridges and severed access to the country's largest port in Vancouver, disrupting global supply chains already struggling to deal with problems caused by COVID-19.

In Tulameen, a mountain town to the northeast of Vancouver, up to 400 people are trapped, many without power, said Erick Thompson, a spokesman for the area's emergency operations.

"(We) did a helicopter flight recently, dropped off food, and what is underway right now is to determine what additional supplies may need to come into that community," he told the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.

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