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The bridge over Juliet Creek on the Coquihalla Highway. P HoTo : m INISTRy of T RANSPoRTATIoN AND I NfRASTRUCTURE ( flICkR . Com / PHoToS / TRANBC )

LANDSLIDES, FLOODS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPACTS DR. JONATHAN FANNIN, P.ENG., UBC CIVIL ENGINEERING DR. AMY KIM, P.ENG., UBC CIVIL ENGINEERING DR. SCOTT MCDOUGALL, P.ENG., UBC GEOLOGICAL ENGINEERING DR. STEVEN WEIJS, UBC CIVIL ENGINEERING DR. DHARMA WIJEWICKREME, P.ENG., UBC CIVIL ENGINEERING

ON NOVEMBER 17, WHEN THE GOVERNMENT OF BC DECLARED A PROVINCIAL STATE OF EMERGENCY, FIVE PEOPLE HAD LOST THEIR LIVES, MORE THAN 17,500 PEOPLE HAD BEEN EVACUATED, AND ALL MAJOR HIGHWAY AND RAILWAY ACCESS TO VANCOUVER HAD BEEN SEVERED BY LANDSLIDES AND FLOODING. THE CIVIL INFRASTRUCTURE UPON WHICH OUR SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELLBEING SO CRITICALLY DEPENDS HAD BEEN INCAPACITATED AT MANY LOCATIONS WITHIN A MATTER OF HOURS AND DAYS OF RECORD-BREAKING RAINFALL.

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