Members across the country have British Columbia residents in their thoughts after weeks of record rainfall, flooding and landslides, which created perhaps the country’s most expensive natural disaster ever seen. Emergency response efforts are just shifting into recovery mode.
Many communities were isolated by floods, landslides and bridge washouts; people are missing and there are five reports of death. Farming communities are devastated by flooding, hundreds of thousands of farm animals have died, and food and water supplies are contaminated.
We’ve seen the impact on mail delivery for our members at work and in their personal lives, as well as the larger effects on the displaced and damaged communities.