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Nearby, the historic Othello Tunnels have been ravaged by water. All the houses on the left side are completely gone.”

'The road now is basically washed out at the bottom of the hill. 'Homeowners on the Othello Road asked if we could fly over and see their house and the shape that it was in,” he says. The couple also used a drone to capture footage of the flooded properties. “We were actually helping them grab as many personal items and pictures and whatever they could take to squeeze in their RV,” says Szakall. OTHELLO TUNNELS DAMAGEDĪ couple from Hope decided to help their neighbours out in the Othello Road area after homes and roads were flooded on Monday.Īdam Szakall and Chyanne Tynan said they spent all morning helping people evacuate their properties. How do you even being to process something like this?” says Staetter. To help cope with an uncertain future, Staetter has created a GoFundMe campaign for them. The pair, who was able to get out safely, is currently living in an RV. on Sunday that an evacuation order was issued for their property on Othello Road. on Sunday, Staetter’s parent's home was gone. Yesterday, I know that flood advisory had been in place in the Hope area.”Īt 1:30 p.m. “In terms of the flooding, the event on the (Nov.) 14 was so dramatic, unprecedented, it came down in a way that even experts did not expect. “What I can tell you is that the province will be there in terms of the emergency supports required to get them through this time and we intend to do that and make sure that they’re supported,” he said. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth called the situation 'heartbreaking.' 'Why wasn’t anything done and why wasn’t anything done sooner?” she asks.ĭuring a press conference on Monday, Glacier Media asked the province what preventative flood measures had been undertaken in the Othello and Hope region. Now, Staetter is questioning why more wasn’t done in the weeks prior. “The river took everything, the land, everything. Through tears, Staetter recalls receiving the images, watching from afar as the water rose and their home was washed down the river. On Sunday night, her parents started sending updates on their home as more rain fell across the province. “They were trying to just reach anyone to do something.” The pair returned home shortly after, she adds, and tried to access help by calling both the City of Hope and the Fraser Valley Regional District. We thought that was devastating,” she says.

'Their neighbour's house had washed away, the street pretty much ended right near there. 14 - with all of their animals in tow- after the first storm caused the area to flood. Staetter says her parents chose to leave their home on Nov. With an evacuation order in place and flooding across B.C., they’ve not been able to visit. Her husband and their four children would make the trip from Abbotsford to their property on weekends.

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“They have this beautiful property right on Othello Road, orchard garden, full couple of acres worth,” she says. Jenelle Staetter looks back on her memories at her parent's home on Othello Road with fondness.

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