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One week following a massive atmospheric river, a new evacuation order was put into effect for three Deep Cove homes over concerns about debris cascading downhill during subsequent rainstorms, including rocks the size of “pumpkins.”
The District of North Vancouver declared a local state of emergency evacuation order at 5 p.m. on Saturday (Oct. 26). The notice from the district said that debris filled the Ostler and Panorama Creek channels, “limiting their capacity to withstand future heavy rainfall events.” “They were very large stones that came down, and literally thousands of them,” said District of North Vancouver Mayor Mike Little, adding that wood debris was also falling alongside rocks as big as “pumpkins” and “softballs.” The properties are 5297 and 5313 Indian River Drive and 2514 Panorama Drive. They are not the same properties that were under evacuation order earlier this month, Little said (see story Page 4). The state of local emergency was declared for neighbourhoods east of Francis Creek accessed from or via Indian River Road and Panorama Drive, north of the 2500 block, in Deep Cove, according to the district’s statement. Little said that after crews fixed Gallant Creek from overflowing during the atmospheric river storm, the district Continued on A28
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