Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Abbotsford Mayor Ross Siemens, B.C. Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Kelly Greene and Sumas First ...

Parts of B.C. are once again at risk of flooding due to atmospheric rivers. Experts say the province could be doing more to ...

Four years after a historic flood devastated Abbotsford, B.C., the city’s mayor says the bulk of the flood recovery work is complete. In 2021, extremely heavy rain — an atmospheric river — led to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sumas, Wash., Mayor Bruce Bosch stands on a bridge above the Nooksack River in Everson, Wash., on Jan. 22, 2026. (Baneet ...

A vehicle hauls a trailer full of sandbags in Sumas as residents prepared for possible flooding Dec. 10, 2025. Rachel Showalter The Bellingham Herald Sumas officials prepared to sound their flood ...

Response crews rescued about 50 people in Sumas in a single day — Thursday, Dec. 11 — during recent floods caused by heavy rainfall, according to Fire District 14 Chief Jerry DeBruin. Most of the ...

B.C.’s emergency minister, the mayor of Abbotsford and the chief of Sumas First Nation are in the nation’s capital this week, pushing for federal action to help solve the rising flood risk in the ...