A woman whose husband saw a “wall of water rushing toward them” as the pair fled a huge torrent released from a North Vancouver dam is suing Metro Vancouver’s regional district for negligence.
The notice of civil claim filed by Chihiro Nakamura says she and her husband were sitting on a rock in a shallow part of the Capilano River below the Cleveland Dam when they heard a rushing sound.
The B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit says there had been no warning on Oct. 1, 2020, when water from the 91−metre dam came pouring down the canyon, rising by nearly 3.6 metres and killing two fishermen downstream….