Thousands of animals have died as a result of severe flooding devastating farmlands in southern B.C. Nearly in tears, Agriculture Minister Lana Popham said Wednesday she has had "heartbreaking" FaceTime conversations with farmers in Abbotsford, B.C., who've spoken to her from their barns with dead animals visible in the background. "It is a very difficult time for our producers," she told a news conference, describing what's happened as an "agricultural disaster." She said desperate farmers whose properties were flooded tried to move their animals by boat, but some had to be abandoned. Dozens of dairy and chicken farms have been overwhelmed by water in the low-lying Sumas Prairie, the hardest-hit area in the city.

Source: CBC News November 18, 2021 15:03 UTC