State of emergency, evacuation order remain in place
KAMLOOPS — Twenty-two Kamloops residents remain out of their homes at this hour after sloughing of a nearby hillside past Rayleigh has made for slope instability.
The city declared the local state of emergency before 6 p.m. on Thursday evening, identifying a significant change in the landscape since a landslide in the area on April 10. The city says the heavy precipitation the area’s received has softened the hillside.
There will be monitoring devices installed this weekend by geotechnical engineers, and they will help the city determine if there is any further movement.