1 person remains missing following B.C. mudslide, record rainfall [Video]

Police in Coquitlam, B.C., say first responders continue to search for a person whose home was washed away in a mudslide triggered by torrential rain across British Columbia’s South Coast this weekend.

Coquitlam RCMP say officers responded to a report of the slide along Quarry Road, on the east side of Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, at about 12:30 p.m. PT Saturday.

They say the slide washed away one home and police were communicating with the family of the owner, who is unaccounted for.

The slide rendered the road impassable, cutting off several other residents who have confirmed with emergency personnel that they are sheltering in place.

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Coquitlam Fire Chief Scott Young told CBC News that the person’s house had been “completely knocked off the foundation and completely turned into debris.”

Rescuers paused their …