B.C. makes flood plans for possible ‘worst case’ if landslide bursts from river

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — B.C.’s Emergency Management Minister Bowinn Ma says the best-case scenario for a landslide blocking the Chilcotin River is a gentle clearing that doesn’t take debris down the river.
However, both Ma and the B.C. River Forecast Centre say they’re planning for the worst-case scenario if the dam bursts and sends water rushing down the Chilcotin and into the Fraser River.
The forecast centre says its modelling shows that if that occurs, the level in the