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Every major route between the B.C. Lower Mainland and the Interior was severed by flooding, washouts or mudslides when record-setting rain swamped the south coast

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RV trailers burn in a storage yard after rainstorms caused widespread flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JESSE WINTER/Reuters

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A tractor travels through flooded farmland on a road partially covered with water in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Surrounded by floodwater, a police vehicle travels on the Trans-Canada Highway past flooded farms in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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RV trailers burn in a storage yard after rainstorms caused widespread flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JESSE WINTER/Reuters

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Surrounded by floodwater, a police vehicle travels on the Trans-Canada Highway in Abbotsford, B.C.,DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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A police vehicle, bottom right, travels on the Trans-Canada Highway past flooded farmland in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Floodwater covers a neighbourhood a day after severe rain prompted the evacuation of the city of 7,000 in Merritt, B.C.ARTUR GAJDA/Reuters

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Floodwater covers Merritt, B.C.ARTUR GAJDA/Reuters

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Floodwater covers a neighbourhood a day after severe rain prompted the evacuation in Merritt, B.C.ARTUR GAJDA/Reuters

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A utility vehicle drives through a flooded street a day after severe rain prompted the evacuation of Merritt, B.C.ARTUR GAJDA/Reuters

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Floodwater evacuees from Merritt line up outside an Emergency Support Services centre in Kamloops.Dennis Owen/The Globe and Mail

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Floodwater evacuees from Merritt line up outside an Emergency Support Services centre in Kamloops, B.C.Dennis Owen/The Globe and Mail

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A person riding a Sea-Doo passes through a flooded farm after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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Three men paddle on a flooded road after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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A vehicle is submerged in water after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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Central Fraser Valley Search and Rescue members speak with the operator of a hovercraft on the Trans Canada highway after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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Properties inundated by flood waters are seen in Abbotsford, B.C. Farmers in B.C. are coming together to save livestock as parts of the Fraser Valley are under water due to devastating flooding says an association that represents the province's dairy farmers.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A boat speeds along a flooded highway 1 in Abbotsford, B.C..JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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Shopper at the SuperStore in Kamloops, B.C. look over empty produce shelves.Dennis Owen/The Globe and Mail

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Empty shelves at a SuperStore in Kamloops, B.C.Dennis Owen/The Globe and Mail

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