The Province continues to urge the public to stay away from the Chilcotin River and the Fraser River down to Hope.
Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Bowinn Ma said slopes and banks may be very unstable and the land may change very quickly and remains dangerous.
Ma added now that the water is flowing past the natural dam there is a risk of further landslide both upstream and downstream of the dam.
Executive Director of Water Management Connie Chapman said currently the reservoir that was formed behind the natural dam is decreasing at a rate of roughly 2.5 metres per hour.
Chapman says water flows as of this morning (Tuesday) have substantially eased off between 500 and 1000 cubic metres per second, three times above the average freshet flow.
“Current fly overs have indicated that the flows that are currently flowing through the Chilcotin River and into the Fraser River have a reduced amount of large woody debris and the amount of debris that is actually being witnessed within the flow is sediment which is a positive.”
Through the remainder of today (Tuesday)and into tomorrow (Wednesday) Chapman said for safety purposes they will be watching that pulse of water moving through the system looking for where the debris is settling out and where it may have been caught up and hung.
–Files by Pat Matthews, My Cariboo Now
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