B.C. opens disaster assistance for victims of Lower Mainland flooding

The British Columbia authorities has opened applications for disaster fiscal assistance to radical affected by destructive flooding during October’s atmospheric river successful the Lower Mainland.

The Oct. 18-20 storms led to aggravated flash flooding connected the North Shore and successful the Tri-Cities, displacing radical from homes successful Deep Cove and causing 2 deaths successful Metro Vancouver and 2 much connected Vancouver Island.

On Monday, recently appointed Minister of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Kelly Greene said fiscal supports volition beryllium disposable to affected radical successful Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, North Vancouver, West Vancouver and the Squamish First Nation.

“It was decidedly impactful to galore communities, with harm to main residences and debris, truthful we privation to marque definite radical person entree for uninsurable losses done (disaster fiscal assistance), but they should besides beryllium contacting their security providers to get much accusation for adjacent steps,” she said.

The fiscal assistance applies to homeowners, renters, concern owners, farmers, corporation-owned properties and charitable organizations to screen uninsurable disaster-related losses.

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Affected radical tin taxable claims up to a maximum of $400,000.

The ministry said the fiscal assistance is not disposable to compensate for losses wherever security was “reasonably and readily available.”

Applications volition beryllium accepted for 90 days from Monday, with the last time to use connected Feb. 23, 2025.