The board of directors of the Thompson-Nicola Regional District (TNRD), where there are 15 active evacuation orders and 19 active evacuation alerts, voted Thursday to ask the B.C. We need all the help we can possibly get," TNRD board chair Ken Gillis told CBC News. A state of emergency gives government bodies the authority to take any action deemed necessary to deal with a disaster. As of Thursday, an estimated 13 per cent of the regional district is under evacuation order or alert, according to the TNRD. The chair of the Cariboo Regional District and the mayor of Clearwater have both also called for a provincial state of emergency , but so far the B.C.

Source: CBC News July 16, 2021 04:07 UTC