'Pretty chaotic': Tiny B.C. community reconnected after flooding wiped out bridge

The same rainfall that forced the evacuation of 7,000 residents in Merritt, B.C., also stranded a small First Nation village just 20 kilometres away, but an all-out effort quickly reconnected the community.

What was once the small Spius Creek turned into a raging torrent earlier this week as record-setting rain washed away a road leading to the community.

About 150 members of the Nooaitch First Nation had no power and no way out.

Just days later crews, including some who had been working on the expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline project, are putting the finishing touches on the reconstruction.

On Friday, a backhoe dug more material from the creek bank to reinforce the new road.