Emergency officials said earlier in the day that flash floods are "imminent" and could happen within 24 or 48 hours. River Forecast Centre issued a flood warning for the Chilcotin River upstream of the landslide. It's also issued a flood watch for the Fraser River, from where it meets the Chilcotin River downstream to Hope, B.C. Ma asked residents to stay away from the banks of the Chilcotin River from Hanceville to the Fraser River and anywhere on or along the Fraser River from the Chilcotin River to Hope. Ma told reporters while evacuation orders do not affect many people at this time, an evacuation centre has been set up in Williams Lake.
