As many as 100 people were thought to be trapped overnight between debris on a Canadian highway after non-stop rains triggered flooding and mudslides in British Columbia on Sunday. Rescue efforts were to begin after daybreak.
The landslides, which struck Highway 7 near the small town of Agassiz in the south of the province, followed more than a day of torrential rainfall. Emergency rescue officials told CBC that there were close to 50 vehicles trapped between two debris fields on the highway, with approximately two to three people in each.
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