Canada floods cut rail link to Vancouver port; one dead


  • World
  • Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021

An aerial view shows a washed out bridge on the Coquihalla Highway as a flood sweeps through, near Carolin Mine Road, British Columbia, Canada, November 15, 2021. B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure/Handout via REUTERS

MERRITT, British Columbia (Reuters) -Floods and landslides that have killed at least one person have cut all rail access to Canada's largest port in the city of Vancouver, a spokesperson for the port said on Tuesday.

Two days of torrential rain across the Pacific province of British Columbia touched off major flooding and shut rail routes operated by Canadian Pacific Rail and Canadian National Railway, Canada's two biggest rail companies.

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