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Mudslide forces evacuation at Fairmont Hot Springs
BY STEPHANIE IP, THE PROVINCE JULY 15, 2012
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mudslide+forces+evacuation+Fairmont+Springs/6938053/story.html
Aerial photo of the mudslide at Fairmont Hot Springs on Sunday, July 15.
Photograph by: Twitter , @EmergencyInfoBC
Emergency officials are en route to assess the area around Fairmont Hot Springs after a mudslide Sunday afternoon sent travelers packing.
The mudslide is in the same Kootenay region as a massive landslide that wiped out three cabins in the hamlet of Johnsons Landing on Kootenay Lake.
Mountainside Vacation Villas, which is east of the main highway, has evacuated all 116 rooms of vacationers after a nearby creek overflowed and sent mud, boulders and rocks flowing into the area.
“The creeks have overflowed and it’s coming from up top of the ski hill,” said an employee at the resort who wished to remain anonymous. She said all travelers had been sent to the nearby fire hall around 5 p.m.
“It’s just because of the heavy rainfall because the ground is so saturated — it’s given way,” she said.
While images of the recent landslide near Johnsons Landing are still fresh in many people’s memory, the employee said the mud only reaches about a couple feet high and no structures have been majorly damaged at this point.
Vancouver funk band Whiskey Chief, along with a number of other bands and music fans, were in the area over the weekend for Hoodstock, an annual one-day music festival in Columbia Valley that happened this past Saturday. Whiskey Chief were evacuated from their rooms Sunday afternoon.
“Huge mudslide in Fairmont! Evacuating,” the band tweeted from their official account along with a photo of a large pool of mud, surrounding a cabin.
The mudslide shut down Highway 93 and Highway 95 in both directions earlier, but the roads re-opened at around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, according to DriveBC.
Heavy rain and a late snow melt have caused havoc across the Kootenays this summer, with flooding and mudslides taking place as many rivers and lakes in the area reached a 40-year high.
Read more:Mudslide forces evacuation at Fairmont Hot Springs
Mudslide forces evacuation at Fairmont Hot Springs
BY STEPHANIE IP, THE PROVINCE JULY 15, 2012
http://www.theprovince.com/news/Mudslide+forces+evacuation+Fairmont+Springs/6938053/story.html
Aerial photo of the mudslide at Fairmont Hot Springs on Sunday, July 15.
Photograph by: Twitter , @EmergencyInfoBC
Emergency officials are en route to assess the area around Fairmont Hot Springs after a mudslide Sunday afternoon sent travelers packing.
The mudslide is in the same Kootenay region as a massive landslide that wiped out three cabins in the hamlet of Johnsons Landing on Kootenay Lake.
Mountainside Vacation Villas, which is east of the main highway, has evacuated all 116 rooms of vacationers after a nearby creek overflowed and sent mud, boulders and rocks flowing into the area.
“The creeks have overflowed and it’s coming from up top of the ski hill,” said an employee at the resort who wished to remain anonymous. She said all travelers had been sent to the nearby fire hall around 5 p.m.
“It’s just because of the heavy rainfall because the ground is so saturated — it’s given way,” she said.
While images of the recent landslide near Johnsons Landing are still fresh in many people’s memory, the employee said the mud only reaches about a couple feet high and no structures have been majorly damaged at this point.
Vancouver funk band Whiskey Chief, along with a number of other bands and music fans, were in the area over the weekend for Hoodstock, an annual one-day music festival in Columbia Valley that happened this past Saturday. Whiskey Chief were evacuated from their rooms Sunday afternoon.
“Huge mudslide in Fairmont! Evacuating,” the band tweeted from their official account along with a photo of a large pool of mud, surrounding a cabin.
The mudslide shut down Highway 93 and Highway 95 in both directions earlier, but the roads re-opened at around 6:45 p.m. Sunday, according to DriveBC.
Heavy rain and a late snow melt have caused havoc across the Kootenays this summer, with flooding and mudslides taking place as many rivers and lakes in the area reached a 40-year high.
Read more:Mudslide forces evacuation at Fairmont Hot Springs
