Vancouver. Due to the tense situation on the Pacific coast after days of rain, the Canadian government has deployed the Air Force to help with the evacuation. Emergency Situations Minister Bill Blair said on Wednesday that troops should help protect residents from further flooding or landslides. On Monday evening (local time), the helicopter had already rescued some 300 people stranded on the road after the landslide.

After several days of rain, a difficult flood situation has developed in Canada and the adjoining northwestern United States. In the small US town of Sumas near the Canadian border, officials reported water damage to 75 percent of homes in the community. Hundreds of people were evacuated and a woman was killed in a landslide on the Canadian side.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke of torrential rains. “We are providing resources like the Canadian Armed Forces to help people,” he said.

“It breaks my heart to see what happens in our city”

Rapidly rising levels of the Sumas River triggered floods and landslides from Sumas in Abbotsford, Canada on Tuesday. 1100 houses were evacuated. Mayor Henry Braun said, “It breaks my heart to see what is happening in our city.” In parts of British Columbia, thousands of people have been evacuated since Sunday evening due to flooding and landslides. Highways were temporarily impassable.

Some people in Abbotsford had to be rescued from the roofs. According to Brawn, within two days the place received as much rain as it usually did in November.