Mudslide in Western Canada kills 1, rescue operations continue

A local police on Wednesday reported that one person was killed by a mudslide that occurred after severe storm hits Columbia.
The area not far from the Lillooet locality in the Canadian western province of British Columbia had been hit by heavy rains over the weekend causing severe flooding.
The Police said search and rescue operations were underway, adding that “the body of one woman was recovered from the mudslide which occurred across Hwy 99 near Lillooet’’.
It added that the circumstances of the victim’s death were being established.
While the Police are yet to confirm the number of missing people and vehicles caught up in the debris as a result of the mudslide, investigators have so far received two missing people reports, a statement read.