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Today, Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning for Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»including the City of Vancouver, Burnaby, New Westminster, Coquitlam, Maple Ridge, and West and North Vancouver.
These areas can expect to receive 70-90 mm of rainfall by Friday morning, and the water is already pooling up. In fact, some low-lying areas, such as Still Creek Drive in Burnaby, are already flooded. In addition, this is the second time this week that these areas have been hit with flash flooding.
- ¸é·¡³¢´¡°Õ·¡¶Ù:ÌýThese Metro Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»streets are flooded and cars are underwater
Still Creek Dr is now Still Lake. My truck was a boat. PSA there is no way to get into McDonalds.
— Stacey Clarkson (@imtxic)
Streams of water on Fourth St in New Westminster just outside Columbia Station. also says rains caused a small landslide near VCC-Clark Station on Millennium Line damaging some overnight equipment. A shuttle train is running between Commercial Station and VCC
— Lasia Kretzel (@lkretzel1130)
Pooling water on No.6 Rd under Hwy 91 overpass. On/Off ramp also affected. No.6 down to single lane on both directions, city crew on site. DRIVERS SLOW DOWN.
— AndersonW (@wxzx6008)
On watch on Still Creek ave In Burnaby for . The road is open and drivers are chancing it. It’s pouring and the road is flooded. I have live coverage all morning.
— Sheila Scott (@Sheila_Scott)
Oh nice, flood waters have arrived. Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»weather is so much fun 🤣
— Bucky (@Dingo_sniper)
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TransLink is also advising riders that they will have to take a shuttle train between Commercial and VCC-Clark Sky SkyTrain stations due to a track issue.
According to the transit authority, a landslide caused flooding at the station overnight, which therefore prompted the disruption.
