20 Evacuation Centres Open in BC for Rescued Motorists, Residents Escaping Flooding

A vehicle is submerged in flood waters along a road in Abbotsford, B.C., on Nov. 15, 2021. The Canadian Press/Jonathan Hayward

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.