US north-west and Canada devastated by flood

The soaking reminded people of western Washington’s record, severe flooding in November 1990 when two people died and there were more than 2,000 evacuations, officials said

People who were stranded by high water due to flooding are rescued by a volunteer operating a boat in Abbotsford, British Columbia (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

As many parts of western Washington in the US began drying out on Tuesday after a storm that dumped rain for days, waters in some areas continued rising, more people were urged to evacuate and crews worked to restore power and reopen roads.

Officials in the small city of Sumas, Washington, near the Canada border, called the flooding devastating and said on Facebook on Tuesday that an estimated 75% of the homes there had water damage. Hundreds of people were evacuated.