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The flood situation in the Lower Mainland as well as part of the Southern Interior continues to be a dynamic and evolving situation.

All major highways connecting British Columbia’s Lower Mainland and Interior remained closed Thursday morning after heavy rainfall triggered flood warnings and evacuations in the south of the province.

Red alerts are rare but will be issued when very dangerous and possibly life-threatening weather is forecast and expected to cause extreme damage and prolonged disruption. Areas of southwestern B.C. outside of the Fraser Valley are also experiencing heavy rain and are under a yellow warning.

Flood watches and warnings remain Thursday in parts of B.C.’s Fraser Valley that have been hammered by heavy rains, forcing evacuations and triggering local states of emergency as rivers overflowed and the region’s highways were cut off from the rest of the province.

All highways linking the Lower Mainland to the rest of British Columbia have been completely or partially shut down.

B.C.'s Fraser Valley is under a state of local emergency as 140 mm of rainfall prompted hundreds of evacuation orders for residents. The CBC's Hillary Johnstone shares more on what residents should know.

Water levels on the Nooksack River, which broke its banks in Washington State Wednesday sending floodwaters flowing north into the Fraser Valley, are expected to peak around now.

Mayor of Chilliwack, B.C. Ken Popove says he wants the province to ‘be more proactive than reactive’ to deal with on going and future flooding.

Rain and mild temperatures remain in the forecast for flooded B.C. regions. A brief break in the heavy rainfall is expected Thursday before additional rain impacts B.C.'s South Coast communities on Friday,