VANCOUVER — Homeowners in Vancouver's North Shore were assessing the damage after creeks overflowed and flooded streets and houses overnight.
Heavy rainfall caused culverts in roughly five different areas across the North Shore to overflow, said District of North Vancouver Asst. Fire Chief Michael Cairns.
"There's pretty substantial damage to a lot of houses," he said on Tuesday. "There was too much water flow. We did try to divert from houses as much as possible."
All available fire trucks from the District, as well as the City of North Vancouver and West Vancouver were called out, with between 10 and 15 homes evacuated at one point.
"In a lot of locations there wasn't a lot we could do," he said. "Restoration crews will be working hard for quite some time."
Cairns said crews spent the night clearing creeks with heavy machinery and diverting water flow from houses.
He said the flooding had mostly subsided by mid-morning, and municipal crews would spend the day clearing debris.
Up to 86 millimetres of rain battered the North Shore over the past 24 hours as a strong frontal system moved through British Columbia's south coast.