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Severe floods hit Canadian dairy farmers
The Canadian province of British Columbia is currently being ravaged by severe flooding. Public life in the province has been severely disrupted and hundreds of farms have been affected. Dairy farmers in the region are therefore forced to evacuate and thousands of cows have probably drowned.
Floods and landslides in southwestern Canada, caused by continued heavy rainfall, have claimed one life so far. However, more deaths are seriously considered. Eyewitnesses have seen people being buried by the landslides, Canadian media report. A state of emergency has already been declared by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Public life, especially in the south of the coastal province, is at a standstill. The army is used to help people.
Underwater companies
The extent of the water damage is still difficult to estimate, but several hundred farms are likely to have been badly affected. Several thousand cows are estimated to have drowned on farms that are literally under water, the agriculture minister has said. Other businesses are indirectly affected by road closures. As a result, the supply of feed and the removal of milk is at stake. Attempts are made to evacuate cows with jet skis, resulting in harrowing images. Poultry farms in the region are also in serious trouble.
Meanwhile, the federal government is working on an emergency plan. Other provinces like Alberta and Saskatchewan have offered amenities. The floods in British Columbia follow an extremely dry summer. Meteorologists classify the weather extremes in the region as the consequences of climate change.
Wouter Job
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