By The Canadian Press

Photo Gallery: Flooding in B.C.’s Lower Interior

Dec 12, 2025 | 9:12 AM

The mayor of flood-struck Abbotsford, B.C., says he is “disappointed and frustrated” with the federal government over “inaction” on cross-border flooding that has repeatedly inundated his city.

Ross Siemens said he had not been contacted by the federal government about this week’s flooding that has forced hundreds of households to evacuate, while inundating poultry barns and forcing livestock relocations.

Siemens told a news briefing on Friday that he was pleading for flood mitigation to be addressed, and authorities across the border in Washington state also needed to “wake up” and for the issue to be part of an international treaty.

Flooding can result in the Fraser Valley when the Nooksack River in Washington overflows its banks, as it did on Wednesday, sending water pouring north and potentially inundating the farmlands of the Sumas Prairie.

That happened in 2021, during floods that caused billions in damages north of the border, and again this week, although to a lesser extent.

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Environment Canada said in a special weather statement on Friday that light rain was expected to intensify overnight. It said up to 40 millimetres is possible, before another system moves in Saturday night followed by a “potentially significant” push of rain Monday and beyond.

Here is a look at some scenes from areas impacted by the flooding.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Friday, Dec. 12, 2025.

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