City warns against ‘tampering’ with tiger dams surrounding rivers in Grand Forks, B.C.
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'If anyone observes people tampering with tiger dams, road closure barricades or other emergency assets, please contact the RCMP," the City of Grand Forks, B.C. said.
The City of Grand Forks, B.C., is notifying the public about possible tampering with a tiger dam that is being used to mitigate flood risks after a cap on one of them was removed.
This comes after the city and Regional District of Kootenay Boundary upgraded an evacuation alert to an order, affecting 40 more properties Saturday afternoon.
Additional properties were added to the evacuation alert on the east side of the Granby and Kettle rivers.
In a statement Saturday evening, the city said two tiger dam segments had to have additional water added after one had a cap removed by an unknown person which led to water leaking out.
“If anyone observes people tampering with tiger dams, road closure barricades or other emergency assets, please contact the RCMP,” the city said.
BC Wildfire crews and volunteers continued filling sandbags at strategic locations throughout the day.
According to the River Forecast Centre the Granby River is expected to start dropping Sunday, while the Kettle is anticipated to peak Sunday evening.
The centre added that weather conditions locally and in the snowpack areas could cause flood forecasts to vary through the rest of the weekend.
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