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Hundreds of British Columbians are away from their homes, others are without clean drinking water and at least one person is dead as a weekend of heavy rain flooded homes and washed away roads in several areas of the province.

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A boy rides his bike along a flooded street in Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A house is surrounded by water after the Fraser River burst its banks in Chilliwack, B.C. on June 24, 2012.ANDY CLARK/Reuters

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A truck is buried in sediment in Two Mile just outside of Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A man walks in front of a flooded shop in hard-hit Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A house is surrounded by water after the Fraser River burst its banks in Chilliwack, B.C. on June 24, 2012.Andy Clark/Reuters

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A man uses an ATV to move supplies behind a wall of sandbags holding the water back in Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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People make a sandbag wall to hold back the waters in Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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People look on as a house comes off its foundation in Two Mile just outside of Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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People look on at a sink hole with a truck in it in Two Mile just outside of Sicamous, B.C. on Monday, June 25, 2012.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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