Posted AT 12:11 PM EDT on 17/11/06
Boil-water warning downgraded in Vancouver
VANCOUVER — Two million residents of Greater Vancouver were advised to boil their cloudy water after heavy rainfall created mudslides in the region's reservoirs, the widest water warning in Canadian history.
The advisory still affects about 900,000 people in Vancouver, North and West Vancouver and Burnaby.
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