Residents in the small, waterfront community of Twin Lakes near Penticton, B.C. are doing all they can to protect their homes as emergency officials predict significant flooding for the area.
”It’s a great day, beautiful place to be if you didn’t know a disaster was happening,” said resident Craig Hunter.
Hunter has spent the last five weeks building a wall of sandbags to protect the place he’s called home for 30 years, but his barrier, about one-and-a-half metres high, may not be enough.
Craig Hunter has spent the past five weeks building a wall of sandbags to protect his home of 30 years.
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