Comments | Sicamous BC, June 23, 2012. Flash flooding near Sicamous, BC, washed out Highway 97A in two places, damaging several vehicles and cutting off road access and drinking water supplies to hundreds of residences. Around 350 people in the area of Swansea Point and 2 Mile were forced from their homes due to an evacuation order issued after two raging creeks jumped their banks. Also, a 72-year-old man died after being swept into a fast-moving creek near Nelson. A five-member Rapid Damage Assessment Team landed in Sicamous, which was swamped by the Shuswap swells, and the Red Cross provided a resilience center to help assess needs and offered supplies to troubled residents in the community of about 3,100. |