Approximately 300 people were rescued via helicopter after being advised to shelter in place overnight from a mudslide trapping people in their vehicles.
Hundreds of people trapped in their vehicles overnight by mudslides on a highway in British Columbia were flown to safety by helicopters Monday, the Associated Press reported.
"Trapped between two slides are approximately 275 additional people, including 50 children, who were advised to shelter in place overnight as debris was unstable and unsafe to cross," the City of Vancouver and Canada Task Force 1 said in a joint release. A 9-year-old boy was injured and had blood coming out of his nose and ears, Kaur said. Firefighters who were first to the scene Sunday were able to take the boy to care, she said.
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