{"id":238249,"date":"2025-10-25T02:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238249\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T02:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T02:05:18","slug":"fall-storm-on-vancouver-island-causes-landslide-traps-drivers-in-flash-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/238249\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall storm on Vancouver Island causes landslide, traps drivers in flash flood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>The first fall storm of the season is packing a punch on Vancouver Island, where rain and wind caused a small landslide and flash flooding.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811489_47_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Heavy rainfall cut off a route between Port Hardy and the remote community of Holberg and the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/landslide\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">landslide<\/a> knocked down trees and power lines onto Holberg Road.<\/p>\n<p>Port Hardy RCMP said at 7:18 p.m. on Thursday, they received an iPhone SOS from a person saying he and another person were trapped after their vehicle became disabled by a flash flood while returning from San Josef Bay.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1760811490_766_national.jpg\" alt=\"For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n<p>A second group in an RV stopped to help, police said but also became trapped due to rising floodwaters and debris.<\/p>\n<p>Port Hardy RCMP were unable to reach the group, so Campbell River Search and Rescue (GSAR) was engaged and coordinated with the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) for air support.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Police said all eight people were successfully rescued and no serious injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident highlights the risks of extreme weather and access limitations in remote North Island areas. Effective coordination and timely activation of the North Island GSAR and military partners ensured a safe outcome,\u201d said S\/Sgt. Kim Rutherford, detachment commander for Port Hardy RCMP in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11492825\/trump-cut-off-trade-talks-canada-tv-ad\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761357918_217_donald-trump-ronald-reagan-pic.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tTrump just cut off trade talks with Canada. This is the ad he\u2019s blaming\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11490983\/rogers-class-action-lawsuit\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/1761357918_118_20220727130732-62e17725698e03d888d3998ejpeg.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tRogers outage lawsuit moving ahead, millions may get compensation\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As a result, 47 Hydro customers have been without power since 6 p.m. on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Crews are working in the area, with power expected to be restored on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada and the B.C. government warned about a series of fall storms that would bring heavy rain and strong winds to parts of the province.<\/p>\n<p>The system eased on Friday afternoon and into the evening.<\/p>\n<p>Police encourage everyone to stay away from the area for the weekend as the weather remains adverse.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size The first fall storm of the season is packing a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238250,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[111418,43,44958,44,41,39,42,40,1133],"class_list":["post-238249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-bc-storm","tag-headlines","tag-landslide","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238249\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}