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Flooding, quakes pose ‘high risk’
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A Mount Baker eruption could send huge mudflows racing down hillsides and through valleys into the Sumas Prairie, where they could bury homes, farms, infrastructure and render the area unusable for years, according to a study on possible disasters the city could encounter. The good news is that while the consequences could be dire, such a disaster is unlikely to happen this century. But the study, commissioned by the city as it looks to improve its emergency planning, suggests there are more-likely emergencies that could also do widespread damage to Abbotsford. The city’s new Community Risk Assessment found earthquakes, floods and bad weather pose a “high risk” to Abbotsford and that more can be done to prepare for such events. Wildfires, human pandemics, urban fires, transportation disasters, dangerous goods spills and utility failures were all rated as “moderate risk,” while volcanoes, riots, landslides, and structural collapses were rated as unlikely to occur. Fire Chief Don Beer, who is in charge of the city’s emergency planning, says nothing in the study was particularly surprising, but that it will be a valuable “road map” as council considers how to better Continued on A4
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Mount Baker is deemed to pose a low risk to Abbotsford, while flooding – whether from the Fraser River or from the overflow of the Nooksack River in Washington – is deemed more likely to trigger a local emergency.
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