• What is a River 2024: Chilcotin River Landslide, Dam & Breach

  • Sep 25 2024
  • Length: 54 mins
  • Podcast

What is a River 2024: Chilcotin River Landslide, Dam & Breach

  • Summary

  • In the summer of 2024, the Chilcotin River in British Columbia had a landslide that completely blocked the river creating a natural dam. For the next 6 days the river water backed up behind this dam until the waters finally worked over the top the of the landslide, creating a breach that would exceed the previous historical flows by 5 fold. 3 people share their experience and knowledge of the landslide in this episode.


    EPISODE GUESTS

    TŜILHQOT’IN National Government
    Jenny Philbrick, Executive Director
    State of Local Emergency Declared for Tŝilhqot’in Territory due to Tŝilhqox (Chilcotin River) Landslide
    Tŝilhqot’in National Government initiating Emergency Salmon Task Force

    ROAM Rivers, Oceans and Mountains
    Brian McCutcheon


    British Colombia Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship
    Natasha Cowie, Hydrologist, River Forecast Centre

    TIME LAPSE IMAGES OF LANDSLIDE AND BREACH & other info on landslide
    Scroll down to "Timelapse..."

    YOU TUBE VIDEOS

    Short: "...helicopter view of landslide..."

    Short: "...building washed away..."

    Landslide breach video

    "Water begins moving past landslide damming Chilcotin River"

    River Radius Instagram and Facebook has videos also.
    Links below.


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