Canada floods leave thousands of farm animals dead and more trapped
by Ashifa Kassam from Environment | The Guardian on (#5S28R)
Frantic rescue operation to save livestock from submerged farms underway, with many animals in desperate need of food
Thousands of farm animals have died and many more are trapped by floods in desperate need of food and water after the Pacific north-west storm battered a major hub of Canadian agriculture.
Torrential rains pummelled swathes of western Canada's British Columbia and Washington state in the US in recent days - dumping a month's worth of rain in two days in some areas - causing floods and mudslides that swallowed stretches of highways and forced the evacuation of thousands of people. One person has been killed and several have been reported missing.
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