Abbotsford news: Update coming from city officials after urgent warning over expected pump station failure
CTV
After an urgent late-night warning was given to residents in Abbotsford about the expected failure of a local pump station, the city's mayor is scheduled to give a morning update on the local flooding situation.
After an urgent late-night warning was given to residents in Abbotsford about the expected failure of a local pump station, the city's mayor is scheduled to give a morning update on the local flooding situation.
Mayor Henry Braun and emergency support staff will give an update Wednesday on any developments that happened overnight.
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Tuesday night, officials in the city warned residents under an evacuation order in the Sumas Prairie that "catastrophic" flooding is expected in the area.
The city sounded the alarm that the Barrowtown Pump Station was at risk of being overwhelmed, which would see even more water flow into the already flooded Sumas Prairie.
Water was also flowing down from Sumas Mountain, exacerbating an already challenging situation, according to officials.
The city described the Barrowtown Pump Station as a "critical piece of infrastructure" preventing Sumas Lake from reforming, and said the failure of even one of its four pumps would result in quickly rising water levels in the Sumas Prairie.
