FOG BLOG CANADA NEWS LOG: OVER 300 PEOPLE AND NUMEROUS PETS RESCUED FROM BEING STRANDED BY MUDSLIDES
311 people and 27 pets rescued from Agassiz, B.C. mudslides.....Search and rescue teams have evacuated 311 people, 26 dogs and one cat stranded between mudslides near Agassiz, B.C. after two days of torrential rain.
Royal Canadian Airforce Operations tweeted the update Tuesday morning, calling it a “job well done.”
In its own tweet, Canadian Armed Forces Operations described the rescue mission as a “herculean effort by all involved.”
Three helicopters and a transport utility aircraft were used to evacuate the stranded motorists and bring them to safety in Agassiz, a small community in the eastern Fraser Valley region.
“The landing zone was just being buffeted by winds,” said Capt. Jonathan Gormick of Canada Task Force 1 in an interview.
“We’d watch Cormorants come in and take five minutes to land and keep getting blown around, so extremely adverse conditions to work in.”
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