‘Mountainsides just collapsed’: Pacific north-west grapples with catastrophic floods

British Columbia’s premier issues state of emergency and warns death toll could rise as one fatality confirmedPacific north-west floods – latest updatesTroops have been deployed to British Columbia to help stranded residents and search areas hit by landslides and floods after a powerful storm dumped a month’s worth of rain in two days across a swath of the Pacific north-west in Canada and the US.On Wednesday afternoon, British Columbia’s premier issued a state of emergenc