Merritt, British Columbia evacuated amid massive storm

November 16, 2021

The city of in the Canadian province of British Columbia was placed under an evacuation order on Monday due to rapid flooding. Flood waters "inundated" bridges and rendered the water treatment plant "inoperable" when the overflowed its banks amid a massive storm impacting much of lower British Columbia.

Residents of Merritt have been advised to head to either or  if they have connections in either city. Those without connections to either community have been asked to go to Kamloops if their address is even numbered or Kelowna if they are in odd numbered houses. Returning to the city was prohibited as of 4:00pm local time.

All major routes heading east of Kelowna have been closed due to flooding and landslides. Those on have also been impacted, with the cities of  and Victoria being cut off from each other and the rest of the island by flooding. The has issued a local state of emergency and some residences in Duncan have been evacuated in light of the flooding.