Warnings in place, roads closed, flooded as atmospheric river batters B.C. – BC [Video]

A rainfall warning remains in effect on Saturday as an atmospheric river batters B.C.’s South Coast.

The warning is in place for Metro Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Howe Sound and parts of the Sea to Sky region.

By Sunday, between 80 and 120 millimetres of rain is expected to fall, with the intensity expected to ease Saturday night before a second round of heavy rain on Sunday.

Environment Canada warns of major pooling on roads, swollen rivers and creeks, and potential coastal flooding.

“They’ll be moments where the intensity of the rain, particularly in the elevated slopes, will be reaching 15, even 20 millimetres an hour, which is essentially a trigger for things like landslides and washouts,” Armel Castellan, a warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada, told Global News.

The City of North Vancouver is asking all residents to avoid travel, if possible, and avoid rivers, streams and other local waterways.

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