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Premier John Horgan has declared a state of emergency in British Columbia, granting the province extraordinary powers to deal with the devastation of this week’s historic rainfall and flooding, which has displaced thousands from their homes and crippled the province’s highway system.

A Canadian Pacific locomotive and its cars knocked off of the train track by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured in the Fraser Canyon near Hope, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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Roadways damaged by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured along the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C..JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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The Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C..JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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Heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured along the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C..JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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Damage caused by heavy rains and mudslides earlier in the week is pictured along the Coquihalla Highway near Hope, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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People are seen on the bank of a river near Hope, B.C.Amanda Figlarska/The Globe and Mail

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Castle Fun park remains flooded days after rainstorms triggering landslides and floods in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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A swollen creek flows under a washed out bridge at the Carolin Mine interchange with Coquihalla Highway 5 after devastating rain storms caused flooding and landslides, near Hope, B.C.BC TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY/Reuters

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A man walks his dog down the Trans-Canada Highway ramp days after flooding in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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An aerial drone photo of highway 5 outside Hope B.C.Amanda Figlarska/The Globe and Mail

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A view shows the damaged Coquihalla Highway 5 after mudslides near Coldwater River Provincial Park, B.C.B.C. Ministry of Transportation/Reuters

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Emergency vehicles and tractors are seen at the base of a mudslide on Highway 7 west of Agassiz, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A gas pump with a sign noting no fuel available is pictured at a gas station in Agassiz, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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People watch as a fire burns at a RV storage lot in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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A paddler kayaks past a submerged truck days after flooding in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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Trucks remain stranded along the Trans-Canada Highway days after flooding in B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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A tractor drives on a partially flooded road in Abbotsford, B.C.JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters

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Recreational vehicles and trucks burn during a fire at a business surrounded by floodwater in Abbotsford, B.C.,DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Stranded vehicles are seen where a mudslide happened earlier in the week on Highway 7 west of Agassiz, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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Construction crews work to reopen a lane on Highway 7 west of Agassiz, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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

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Cattle are seen on a farm surrounded by floodwaters in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Flooded farmland is seen in the valley below houses in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Flooded houses and farms are seen from the top of Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford, B.C.JESSE WINTER/Reuters

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Dairy cows are reflected in flood waters as they keep dry in their barn near Agassiz, B.C.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press

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A house on a farm is surrounded by floodwaters in Abbotsford, B.C.DARRYL DYCK/The Canadian Press

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Flooded houses and farms are seen from the top of Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford, B.C.JESSE WINTER/Reuters

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