Rainfall warnings lifted on B.C.’s South Coast [Video]

Rainfall warnings are no longer in effect B.C.’s South Coast Sunday, after the region was hit by an atmospheric river that wreaked havoc over the election day weekend.

Flood warnings in Coquitlam and on the west coast of Vancouver Island were also downgraded to watches.

Preliminary rainfall totals in the Lower Mainland ranged from 87 millimetres in Hope to as much as 228 millimetres in parts of Coquitlam as of 5 a.m. Sunday, according to ECCC data.

The weather agency showed 106 millimetres of precipitation at Vancouver International Airport, 150 in Vancouver Harbour and 177 in West Vancouver, where the downpour turned 21st Street into a raging river for part of the day Saturday.

• Read more: Metro Vancouver hit with massive flooding, road closures on the day of B.C. provincial election

The Tri-Cities were also hard hit, with the Coquitlam River overflowing its banks Saturday, prompting a flood warning from the B.C. River Forecast Centre. 

Coquitlam Search and Rescue responded to …