Highway One has been closed between Whatcom Road and Sumas Way as Abbotsford continues to deal with expanding flood waters from the Nooksack River, south of the border. Detours have been in effect. Even though the torrential rain eased-off on Thursday, new evacuation orders have been issued late Thursday for a few Abbotsford properties including the Clarion Hotel. Close to 1,500 properties on Sumas Prairie remain under an evacuation order. Meanwhile, two U.S. Coast Guard helicopters have been used to rescue stranded residents in Sumas, Washington, just south of Abbotsford. Those on a MH-60 Jayhawk and a MH-65 Dolphin conducted a long-line rescue for four people stranded near the Huntingdon-Sumas border late Thursday afternoon after flood waters reached chest-deep levels. Sumas Mayor Bruce Bosch says a Friday assessment will determine if this flood is worse than the one in 2021.
