Historic floods ‘hammered’ British Columbia’s trucking industry

Months of virtually never-ending storms slammed the Pacific Northwest last fall, leading to record rainfall, floods, mudslides and major supply chain issues.

The hardest-hit areas were in southern British Columbia, Canada, a region typically teeming with freight movement.

Related: Record fall rain slams Pacific Northwest

“All of southern BC was severely impacted. The Fraser Valley was flooded, some areas for weeks,” Dave Earle, president and CEO of the British Columbia Trucking Association (BCTA),...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/historic-floods-hammered-british-columbias-trucking-industry

Dam failures cause record flooding in central Michigan

Aerial photo of major flooding in Midland, Michigan on May 20, 2020.

About 10,000 people in central Michigan have been asked to evacuate their homes after at least two dams had been breached or broken, causing a major flooding emergency.

This footage appears to show the moment the Edenville dam collapsed in #Midland County, #Michigan. Residents in #Sanford and #Edenville have been urged to evacuate immediately#Floods #MidlandFlood #DowChemical #News 📽 via WNEM TV 5 pic.twitter.com/h1b8pXB2Kc

— Gabriel Schray (@schrayguy) May 20, 2020

For the second time in...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/dam-failures-cause-record-flooding-in-central-michigan

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