Updated modelling provides encouraging risk assessment for Chilcotin River landslide

VICTORIA — The B.C. Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship says new modelling of the landslide across the Chilcotin River has provided an improved understanding of the worst-case scenario risks to people and communities.In a news release Saturday (Aug. 3) evening, the ministry says the updated assessment suggests that even if the natural dam were to fail suddenly, water levels in the Fraser River would remain below the levels seen during the spring snowmelt season. However, flows