AGASSIZ, B.C. — Melanie Forsythe’s drive home from Vancouver to Hope, B.C., had her making at least five detours as torrential rain washed out a bridge, closed roads and trapped her overnight between two mudslides before a helicopter landed on a highway and whisked her to safety. Forsythe, who was with her boyfriend Shawn Ramsay and a friend, finally made it to a reception centre in Agassiz on Monday, about 18 hours after they were forced to stop on Highway 7 near Agassiz with nearly 300 other travellers. “All three of us were kind of hyping each other up, saying it’s going to be good, we’re going to get out of here. But then we all had moments like, ’Is this it? Is this the last time we’re going to see our kids?’ We were talking to our parents and our families, but it was just a scary situation.” Forsythe, …
20 Evacuation Centres Open in BC for Rescued Motorists, Residents Escaping Flooding
November 15, 2021
admin
0 Comment