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15 Nov, 5 tweets, 3 min read
#BREAKING: Evacuation of Merritt, B.C., ordered months after fires, flooding forces thousands from their homes.

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More than a month’s worth of rain has poured down in a 48-hour period across swaths of southern British Columbia, leaving thousands of people stranded on flooded highways, trapped between active mudslides, or fleeing from their homes. thestar.com/news/canada/20…
B.C. leaders are not yet saying whether the atmospheric river rainstorm is one of the largest seen in the province.
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But the speed with which it has wrought destruction and disruption already makes it a monumental disaster and is bringing back memories of the widespread wildfires that took place over the summer — many in the same regions now being hit by the storms.
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The entire town of Merritt, B.C., home to 7,000 people, evacuated their homes Monday morning, as water from the rushing Coldwater River breached its banks and filled up the streets of surrounding communities as though they were part of a stoppered bathtub. thestar.com/news/canada/20…

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Before the pandemic, gum was a $359-million-a-year (U.S.) industry in Canada. In 2020 sales fell to $293 million, a decline of 18%, according to market research firm Euromonitor International. thestar.com/news/gta/2021/…
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