Rainfall warnings in effect in Metro Vancouver after weekend drenching

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 24, 2025 10:25 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Environment Canada has issued rainfall warnings for galore parts of Metro Vancouver, aft downpours implicit the play and 2 landslides.

The national upwind bureau said 75 to 120 mm of rainfall tin beryllium expected by aboriginal Tuesday morning. The highest amounts volition beryllium adjacent the coastal mountains, it said. Localized flooding successful low-lying areas is possible.

Cities covered nether the warnings see Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster and Coquitlam.

The City of Port Coquitlam said 2 landslides were reported adjacent homes connected Argue Street connected Sunday afternoon. It said nary homes were affected and nary evacuations were initiated.

Joshua Frederick, the city's manager of engineering and nationalist works, said the metropolis is coordinating with the state to show immoderate areas astatine hazard of landslides arsenic the rainfall continues.

"As the crushed gets much saturated, the hazard tends to spell up truthful we volition proceed to ticker that closely," helium said successful an interview.

WATCH | Coquitlam sees fatal mudslide successful October:

Last fall, a 57-year-old pistillate was killed successful Coquitlam aft a mudslide swept distant her location during an atmospheric river. 

Meanwhile, a rainfall informing remains successful effect for westbound Vancouver Island, including Tofino and Port Renfrew, with full rainfall amounts of up to 180 mm possible, Environment Canada said.