What is a River 2024: Chilcotin River Landslide, Dam & Breach

09/25/24 • 54 min

In the summer of 2024, the Chilcotin River in British Columbia had a landslide that completely blocked the river creating a natural dam. For the next 6 days the river water backed up behind this dam until the waters finally worked over the top the of the landslide, creating a breach that would exceed the previous historical flows by 5 fold. 3 people share their experience and knowledge of the landslide in this episode.

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TŜILHQOT’IN National Government
Jenny Philbrick, Executive Director
State of Local Emergency Declared for Tŝilhqot’in Territory due to Tŝilhqox (Chilcotin River) Landslide
Tŝilhqot’in National Government initiating Emergency Salmon Task Force
ROAM Rivers, Oceans and Mountains
Brian McCutcheon

British Colombia Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
Natasha Cowie, Hydrologist, River Forecast Centre

TIME LAPSE IMAGES OF LANDSLIDE AND BREACH & other info on landslide
Scroll down to "Timelapse..."

YOU TUBE VIDEOS

Short: "...helicopter view of landslide..."

Short: "...building washed away..."

Landslide breach video

"Water begins moving past landslide damming Chilcotin River"

River Radius Instagram and Facebook has videos also.
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