90-metre landslide shuts down road north of Lake Okanagan Resort, fire chief says

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· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 12:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago

Two landslides, including a monolithic 90-metre slide, person unopen down a road northbound of Lake Okanagan Resort, according to occurrence officials.

Paul Zydowicz, main of the Wilson's Landing Fire Department, said the slides came down astatine astir 10 p.m. Tuesday. He described 1 descent arsenic being astir 90 metres wide and astir 2 metres deep.

"It's rather the swath of mud that came disconnected the mountain," helium said successful an interview.

DriveBC said Westside Road remained closed Wednesday greeting owed to the slide south of Denison Road. It's unclear erstwhile it volition reopen.

Zydowicz said determination are nary reports of injuries oregon operation damage. He said the state is sending a unit to measure the country and enactment unneurotic a program to wide the debris.

He said helium believes the landslides were caused by the magnitude of rain the country got successful March.

"There's flows in the country that we haven't experienced successful the past. Creeks person started moving that usually don't run," Zydowicz said.