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Captain John Gormick of Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search And Rescue team spoke with CBC News about the efforts made so far in assisting travellers trapped in their vehicles by landslides that occurred Sunday on Highway 7 near Agassiz, B.C., about 125 kilometres east of Vancouver. 5:47
Rescue efforts by helicopter are underway after two mudslides trapped hundreds of people on a southern B.C. highway while an assessment has started to determine if others may have ended up in the flow of debris.
The landslides, which occurred on Sunday on Highway 7 near Agassiz, B.C., about 125 kilometres east of Vancouver, came as communities in southern parts of the province dealt with heavy rainfall.
As many as 275 people, among them 50 children, have been trapped on the stretch of highway since Sunday evening, the City of Vancouver and Canada Task Force 1, the locally based urban search and rescue team, said in a joint release.
It says they were joined by Chilliwack Search and Rescue and a geotechnical engineer to survey the area for anyone who may be trapped in the debris.
Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopters started the first of multiple rescue flights on Monday, transporting evacuees between the slide area and a reception centre in nearby Agassiz.
Helicopters start rescue efforts after landslide traps hundreds on B.C. highway
Up to 275 trapped on Highway 7, near Agassiz, B.C., since Sunday evening
Captain John Gormick of Vancouver's Heavy Urban Search And Rescue team spoke with CBC News about the efforts made so far in assisting travellers trapped in their vehicles by landslides that occurred Sunday on Highway 7 near Agassiz, B.C., about 125 kilometres east of Vancouver. 5:47
Rescue efforts by helicopter are underway after two mudslides trapped hundreds of people on a southern B.C. highway while an assessment has started to determine if others may have ended up in the flow of debris.
The landslides, which occurred on Sunday on Highway 7 near Agassiz, B.C., about 125 kilometres east of Vancouver, came as communities in southern parts of the province dealt with heavy rainfall.
As many as 275 people, among them 50 children, have been trapped on the stretch of highway since Sunday evening, the City of Vancouver and Canada Task Force 1, the locally based urban search and rescue team, said in a joint release.
It says they were joined by Chilliwack Search and Rescue and a geotechnical engineer to survey the area for anyone who may be trapped in the debris.
Canadian Forces Cormorant helicopters started the first of multiple rescue flights on Monday, transporting evacuees between the slide area and a reception centre in nearby Agassiz.
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